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Seeking common ground. >> this is the act, the art, i should say, of seeking common ground. this proposal exhibits a willingness to come down in size, giving on some areas that are important to the president, otherwise they wouldn't have been in the proposal. also staying firm and areas that are most vital to rebuilding our infrastructure and industries of the future, making our workforce in our country more competitive with china. >> republicans already shot down the new plan. west virginia senator shelley moore capito who's leading negotiations for republicans at the counter proposal is well...

$550 billion, but it still leaves the two sides very far apart. jasmine wright is at the white house for us. how are republicans responding to this counterproposal from president biden? >> reporter: fred, they're not happy. they expressed frustration yesterday after getting that counterproposal from the white house, saying that it was well above what they believe could get passed with bipartisan support through congress. one aide told lauren fox that this was not a serious negotiation. so in a statement released after they learned of the counterproposal, written by an aide of shelly moore capu...

Infrastructure, things like home care and disability services. and one thing that the two sides are incredibly far apart on is how exactly to pay for this measure. the white house insisting that they want to do this by raising the corporate tax rate which republicans have said is a no-go. now republicans have objected to this initial counterproposal from the white house saying that they still feel like they're far apart in the funding, and also in what exactly defines infrastructure. but today the white house is responding to that republican criticism. a spokesperson, andrew bate, saying the b...

On three legislative fronts at home all coming to a head this week as the president hopes for bipartisanship and it seems to be dimming. the white house offering the republicans a counter proposal to biden's $2.2 billion, and lowering it to $1.7 billion and congress on the verge of missing a big deadline set by the president to have a police reform bill on his desk by tuesday which will mark one year since george floyd was murdered. that timeline was looking increasingly unrealistic as qualified immunity is still a major sticking point. the senate is expected to join a 9/11-style commission on...