Senate Republicans unveil $928bn infrastructure counter-offer
Counter-offer slashes more than $500bn from Biden’s original $2.25-trillion plan
27 May 2021 - 18:00
Washington — Senate Republicans unveiled a new infrastructure offer on Thursday that would spend $928bn over eight years to revitalise America’s roads, bridges and broadband systems, still well below President Joe Biden’s last proposal.
The plan, from a group of six Republicans led by senator Shelley Moore Capito, represents their counter-offer to a week-old $1.7-trillion White House proposal that slashed more than $500bn from Biden’s original $2.25-trillion plan in a bid to reach a bipartisan agreement...
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