President Biden has offered to lower his infrastructure and jobs spending proposal by $550 billion.
Biden has offered to slash his initial proposal by $550 billion. But the lead Senate Republican negotiator says it s still well above the range of what can pass Congress with bipartisan support.
Updated May 21, 2021 at 5:05 PM ET
In what appears to be a mostly symbolic step toward finding common ground with Senate Republicans, the Biden administration has lowered its spending proposal on its infrastructure and jobs proposal, from more than $2 trillion to $1.7 trillion.
The latest figure announced by White House press secretary Jen Psaki at Friday s press briefing, and detailed in a memo to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia that NPR obtained is still more than $1 trillion higher than the offer Capito and other Republicans had initially made to the White House.
Biden Lowers Infrastructure Plan Price Tag, But Vast Differences Remain With GOP
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