Reuters
By Makini Brice and Susan Cornwell
May 19, 2021
(This May 18 story corrects to strike reference to Capito spokeswoman referring to White House deadline)
U.S. Republican lawmakers met on Tuesday with top officials from President Joe Biden’s administration to seek common ground on an infrastructure proposal but said they did not present a new plan of their own.
Senators who attended the meeting with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said they discussed how infrastructure investment would be paid for.
Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who is leading the Republican effort, announced a counter-proposal of $568 billion in April, far short of Biden's $2.3 trillion plan. A bipartisan group of senators has discussed a package of roughly $1 trillion.
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