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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a negotiator in the infrastructure talks, speaks to reporters as senators arrive for votes at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Yesterday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, met at the White House with President Joe Biden to address roadblocks on on an infrastructure agreement.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) slammed President Joe Biden’s move to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan after nearly two decades. McConnell called Biden’s move a “reckless rush for exits” and a “global embarrassment.” President Biden and his team are desperate to duck hard questions about Afghanistan,” McConnell said on Tuesday. “But the American people deserve answers. They deserve to understand the risks of this trajectory and how the commander in chief plans to keep us safe against a terrorist enemy that his own senior advisers admit will be allowed to regroup thanks to his actions.”
Newt Gingrich says Biden s attacks on GOP state voting reforms are the greatest threat to the nation since the Civil War as Greg Abbott accuses President of spreading misinformation
Newt Gingrich blasted President Biden s claims that GOP-led efforts to overhaul voting laws pose greatest threat to the United States since the Civil War I believe this is the greatest domestic threat US has faced to freedom since the Civil War, and the threat is entirely in the Democratic Party, ex-speaker said
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott joined the fray, accusing Biden of purposefully spreading misinformation and choosing to ignore the facts
Senate Democrats announce $3.5 trillion budget agreement
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The plan includes spending for climate change, health care and family-service programs sought by President Joe Biden.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A bipartisan group of senators worked swiftly late Tuesday to shore up a $1 trillion infrastructure compromise they struck with President Joe Biden even as momentum shifts to a more robust Democratic proposal that’s coming into focus.
Biden’s big infrastructure proposals are moving on parallel tracks in Congress in a race against time and political headwinds to make a once-in-a-generation investment in the nation. Senators from both groups huddled privately again Tuesday evening. The bipartisan deal appeared back on track, with senators upbeat as they aimed for a new Thursday deadline to wrap up the details despite opposition from business leaders, outside activists and some GOP senators over