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Senate Republicans make new infrastructure offer as House Democrats urge Biden to dig in
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WASHINGTON In an attempt to salvage stalled negotiations, Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a revised counteroffer for infrastructure spending, outlining roughly $928 billion in a package that s still far short of what the White House has proposed.
Only about a quarter of the total price tag appears to represent new spending above existing or expected levels under the road map put forward by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and her GOP counterparts. But the lawmakers still stressed that their retooled approach delivers on much of what Biden had recommended in earlier talks between the two sides.
In Cleveland, President Joe Biden on Thursday argued for increased spending on infrastructure, research and education to lift the U.S. economy as the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Standing before a row of milling machines at a Cuyahoga Community College manufacturing center, the president said the United States needs a strong economy to be a global leader.