Republicans Promise Counteroffer on Infrastructure Bill
Kirsten Luce for The New York Times
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Senate Republicans who have been negotiating with the White House said on Tuesday they would produce a counterproposal to President Biden’s latest $1.7 trillion infrastructure package offer. While left-leaning articles highlight that Biden and Democrats are facing difficult decisions about how to salvage their hopes of enacting a major new infrastructure package this year, right-leaning articles highlight that Senator Mitt Romney proposed the Family Security Act, which provides direct cash payments of $4,200 per child and $3,000 per child.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that Biden and Democrats are facing difficult decisions about how to salvage their hopes of enacting a major new infrastructure package this year. Democrats have grown wary of the prospect of a bipartisan deal, as Republicans have continued to push to scale back Biden’s original $2.3 trillion proposal to a fraction of its size.
Newsweek published a centrist article reporting that there’s little hope that an agreement between Democrats and Republicans will be reached before the White House’s unofficial Memorial Day deadline. On Friday, the White House dropped their original $2.25 trillion proposal down to a $1.7 trillion counteroffer but GOP negotiators balked at the number and declared it a nonstarter.
A right-leaning article by Deseret News highlights that in February, Senator Mitt Romney proposed the Family Security Act, which provides direct cash payments of $4,200 per child and $3,000 per child. However, Biden’s American Families Plan takes a different path by combining a more modest child allowance with a major expansion of federal funding for child care.