Republicans Flail At Saying Anything But ‘No’ To Infrastructure WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 13: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following Senate Republican Policy luncheons at the Russell Senate Office Building (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images) April 16, 2021 4:23 p.m. Democrats have put together a multi-trillion dollar, expansive legislative package and are pushing hard for it — touting it at press conferences and in releases, walloping Republicans for standing in its way. Republicans, meanwhile, are scrambling to offer up a counterproposal to blunt accusations that they’re obstructing for obstruction’s sake. That task is made immeasurably harder by statements their members have already made on the record, making their knee-jerk, comprehensive opposition to the Democratic plan well-known.