GOP weighs going bigger on infrastructure

The internal GOP debate over just how high to go is intensifying ahead of President Joe Biden’s scheduled Wednesday meeting with the “Big Four” congressional leaders

Politico By BURGESS EVERETT and MARIANNE LEVINE

May 10, 2021

Senate Republicans are signaling that they could raise the price tag of their infrastructure offer to President Joe Biden, days ahead of a pivotal series of meetings that could make-or-break Biden’s hopes for a bipartisan deal.

While Democrats have panned the GOP’s initial $568 billion bid as insufficient, several Republican negotiators said in interviews on Monday night that they were willing to go higher — as long as the bill in question is limited to physical infrastructure.

“The first offer is meant to be countered, so I would imagine that none of those figures are solid,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who is leading the negotiations on the GOP side.

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