Lloyd Austin signaled support for removing sexual assault cases from the military chain of command but declined to endorse a broader measure to deal with other serious crimes.
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has won broad backing for legislation that would cut out the military chain of command in such cases. Now she faces another big hurdle.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke about the Republican counteroffer to President Biden’s infrastructure plan last week at the Capitol in Washington.Credit.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
President Biden told the lead Republican negotiator on an infrastructure package on Wednesday that her party must embrace $1 trillion in new spending as part of any bipartisan deal, highlighting the wide gulf that remains between the two parties as talks on a potential compromise reach a critical stage.
The figure that Mr. Biden gave Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia at their meeting represents nearly three times the $257 billion in new spending that Republicans included in their latest infrastructure counteroffer. The president also refused to budge from his proposal to finance the plan by increasing taxes for wealthy corporations, according to a person familiar with the discussion who disclosed details on condition of anonymity.