White House gives GOP 1 week to reach deal on infrastructure

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White House gives GOP 1 week to reach deal on infrastructure
By HOPE YEN2 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, indicating that President Joe Biden will look to act without Republican support if there is no consensus when Congress returns from its Memorial Day break.

“By the time that they return, which is June 7, just a week from tomorrow, we need a clear direction,” Buttigieg said. “The president keeps saying inaction is not an option. And time is not unlimited here.” He said the American people “expect us to do something.”

Biden plans to meet with lead Republican negotiator, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, this coming week and says he remains open to hearing from other GOP senators who are working on different proposals. But Biden has been eying the dwindling timeline for a deal, with an early June hearing scheduled on a House transportation bill that is widely seen as a building block for the big package he favors.

Democratic senators also plan on moving forward on a sweeping infrastructure package “with or without the support of Republican senators,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote to Democrats on Friday. Biden had originally set a Memorial Day deadline for reaching a deal before he let that deadline slip back.

The two sides remain far apart. Republican senators last week outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal as a counteroffer to Biden’s $1.7 trillion proposal, and they said they would not go along with his plans to raise the corporate tax from 21% to 28% to pay for new spending.

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[IsailedawayfromFR]

Or what?

Laws are made in Congress, not by Buttboy or his boss.

[LegalAmerican]

Since when are ultimatums given?  WHY BOTHER...we are a communist country now.  All those with TDS...are now happy. 

[Sled Dog]

Wow!   Biden is giving the legislature a whole week before he himself starts signing executive orders to dictate what money the United States government will be allowed to spend.

....didn't we have some other Person of Schiff (a real POS) in the White House a few years back who bragged of using his (being generous here) phone and his pen to violate the Constitution?

[Sled Dog]

The two sides remain far apart. Republican senators last week outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal as a counteroffer to Biden’s $1.7 trillion proposal, and they said they would not go along with his plans to raise the corporate tax from 21% to 28% to pay for new spending.

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https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-2829f043cf332e9e61fc5281790d51ec

The Republicans should compromise with the Rodents.

Right now, the Rodents want more money than God, and the RINOs want a trillion dollars.

Next the Rodents will add in Allah's wealth to their demands, so the Senate Republicans should counter with 500 billion.

We do not need an "infrastructure" bill.

[LegalAmerican]

The Republicans should compromise with the Rodents.

Right now, the Rodents want more money than God, and the RINOs want a trillion dollars.

Next the Rodents will add in Allah's wealth to their demands, so the Senate Republicans should counter with 500 billion.

We do not need an "infrastructure" bill.

Correct.  More money laundering bill.  zero to do with anything good for America.  It is amazing to me, that these people are so VILE and narcissistic as to DESTROY AMERICA. They are truly mental, as it will affect them too.  Maybe later...but them too. DEMONS ON EARTH.