Biden Strikes Infrastructure Deal With Bipartisan Group Of Senators

By Axios
Posted on 06/24/21 | News Source: Axios

President Biden announced Thursday that he had agreed to an infrastructure deal with a bipartisan group of ten senators.

The agreement on the size and scope of an infrastructure package is a major achievement for Biden, who has long been a proponent of bipartisanship, but the compromise still faces serious hurdles in the House and Senate.

“We made serious compromises on both ends. … Republicans and this group did not want to go along with many of my family plan issues, the child care tax credits — the human infrastructure that I talk about,” Biden said after a meeting at the White House.

“We’ll see what happens in the reconciliation bill and the budget process, if we get some compromise there. And if we can’t, see if I can attract all the Democrats to a position. But they’re going to move on a dual track,” he added.