McConnell: 'Good chance' of deal with Biden on infrastructure
By Jordain Carney - 05/12/21 06:44 PM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sounded an optimistic note on Wednesday about the chances of getting a deal with President Biden on infrastructure.
McConnell's positive rhetoric comes after he and the other three top congressional leaders met with Biden and Vice President Harris, the first time the president has met with the top four leaders in the Oval Office.
"I think both sides would like to get an outcome," McConnell said during an interview with Fox News, adding that they "discussed an issue upon which there's a great chance we can get a bipartisan outcome."
Wednesday's meeting comes as Biden is stepping up his courting of Republicans. He has pitched a $4 trillion spending package, broken up between a $2.3 trillion jobs plan and a $1.8 trillion families plan.
That top line is a non-starter for Republicans, and McConnell said Republicans reiterated during the sit-down with Biden that they won't support undoing parts of the 2017 tax cut bill signed into law by former President Trump.
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