by Michael London | 06/09/2021 2:44 PM In the wake of Wednesday's infrastructure package breakdown, the Bipartisan Senator group removes tax increases from infrastructure discussions to keep negations active.
President Joe Biden offered Senate Republicans an alternative to the tax hikes he initially proposed to pay for a sweeping infrastructure plan. Part of his attempt to find a bipartisan agreement was based on two sources briefed on the proposal. In a meeting Wednesday with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the lead Republican negotiator, Biden insisted that tax increases pay for most of the plan but signaled he was willing to back a smaller increase than he had initially requested.