Republicans struggle to craft counteroffer to Biden's $2 trillion jobs plan

[DonViejo]

Republicans are struggling to craft Trump's health care week, too. -- Don

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"We're working on that right now. We haven't made consensus on it," says Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a point person for her party on the issue.

April 16, 2021, 6:40 AM EDT
By Sahil Kapur and Julie Tsirkin

WASHINGTON — First, Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Wednesday that a price tag of $600 billion to $800 billion was the "sweet spot" for bipartisan agreement on infrastructure.

But Thursday, after some fellow Republicans expressed misgivings about a number that high, Capito, of West Virginia, backpedaled when she was asked about her comfort level.

"It's too early to say right now," Capito told reporters Thursday. "We don't have a detailed figure attached to that, and it probably won't be, I wouldn't think, an amount certain. More of a range of where we think we could fall and begin to negotiate."

More than a week after President Joe Biden announced a sprawling $2.25 trillion package that includes proposals addressing bridges to nurses, Republicans are struggling to begin putting together their own package — underscoring the titanic effort that will be needed to reach a bipartisan agreement.

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[lagomorph777]

1. What a bunch of potatoheads.

Somebody should freedom fry them.

[Harker]

2. Doesn't 'potato' have an 'e' at the end? n/t

[lagomorph777]

4. LOL!

[Harker]

5. After what we've been through since...

Danny Q seems almost more of a harmless cartoon character than the frightening threat to the existence of the nation he really was.

[lagomorph777]

8. Yeah, we never thought it could get worse.

But there's a path from Nixon, to Reagan, to Bush Sr, to Bush Jr, to Turd, from bad, to worse, to catastrophic.

[Harker]

13. Exactly. They keep pushing.

Here's hoping we never have to find out what's next in line.

[idziak4ever1234]

10. Alas, A republican Vice President without a pacemaker

[lagomorph777]

12. Hah, yeah - Darth Cheney, then Skeletor Pence ... these guys have evil hearts...

evil destroys the heart.

[Wounded Bear]

3. They'll release it two weeks after they release their alternative to the ACA...

[SallyHemmings]

6. K & R

[JHB]

7. "We'll announce it in two weeks. It'll be fabulous, the biggest ever."

[marble falls]

9. It's always a struggle to do things they've never done before, like actually derive a plan.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. Do nothing, or actively harm?

Quite a conundrum for Republicans.

[Klondike Kat]

14. Ah, the same old Republican M.O.

1. Come up with a "cheaper" alternative.
2. Somehow convince the Democrats to go along with it.
3. When the time comes to vote, vote against it.
4. Blame the Democrats for not getting anything done.

I say "screw 'em". They really don't care about bipartisanship anyway.

[Johonny]

15. I thought their counter was systemic poverty

It's all they've ever offered.

[AZLD4Candidate]

16. No plan, no ideas, no nothing except bigotry, xenophobia, jingoism, and Ayn Rand

The modern Republican Party. . .a party of abusive, sociopathic, pathologically lying gaslighter.

[SoonerPride]

17. It'll be ready in two weeks.

Trust me.
It’ll be the biggest bestest jobs plan.

We’re working on something really terrific.

[Grins]

18. Same guys putting together their fantastic health care plan?

Just asking...

[Martin68]

19. Yeah, I'll bet they are "struggling." Struggling to frame a narrative and come up with talking

points to block infrastructure funds.

[George II]

20. After four years of hearing about "infrastructure", they finally have a plan from a President, and..

...they have no idea what to make of it!

[SWBTATTReg]

21. The republicans certainly didn't struggle to come up w/ a tax cut of approximately $4 trillion

dollars for their wealthy donors and now for some reason, everything else is too expensive. Go figure.

[crickets]

22. +1

[Mr.Bill]

23. Their idea of infrastructure is

1. Highways in Texas with 90 mph speed limits.

2. Oil pipelines.

[TheFarseer]

24. Build toll roads

Somehow let private equity firms take control of them. Tax cuts for others corps so they can hire people. Give money to AT&T, Cox etc so they can improve their network or do whatever they deem is the best use of the money. Problem solved.

[twodogsbarking]

25. The Rep plan.

Every American gets a full roll of pennies and billionaires get more billions and the Reps get reelected.

[AllyCat]

26. That's because they can't govern. They have no ideas

no values that help people, no compassion.