White House Hopes Talks With Republicans Wrap This Week
The White House believes negotiations with Senate Republicans on an infrastructure spending package “need to finish” soon and hopes “there is a clear direction on how to advance” that legislation before the Senate returns June 7, Deputy Press Secretary Karine…
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Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday. President Joe Biden plans to meet Wednesday with Senate Public Works Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia on Republicans’ most recent infrastructure counteroffer, which includes $65 billion for broadband (see 2105270072), the White House said. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg also pegged June 7 as the date by which there should be “a clear direction” on talks. Jean-Pierre noted June 9, the day the House Infrastructure Committee plans to mark up a surface transportation bill, as “a relevant date in terms of the overall time frame.” This week “will be incredibly critical,” she said: There will be additional “conversations as we move forward … in the next couple days.”