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Sen. Roger Wicker downplayed the odds of an infrastructure deal that included rolling back Trump s tax cuts.
He called it an impossible sell among Republicans on Monday.
Wicker met with Biden to discuss his jobs plan along with other Republicans and Democrats.
Sen. Roger Wicker of Kansas, the ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, downplayed the prospect of a bipartisan deal on President Joe Biden s infrastructure plan that included rolling back the 2017 Trump tax cuts. It would be an almost impossible sell from the president to come to a bipartisan agreement that included the undoing of that signature [law], Wicker said. And I did tell him that.
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Committee Ranking Member Garret Graves gives his opening statement during a hearing by the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden called a handful of lawmakers to the White House Monday to talk about infrastructure for nearly two hours, the latest phase of his charm offensive, embarked upon as Congress returns from its recess and turns to the chore of grinding out an actual bill.
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