Infrastructure negotiations: Republicans to unveil $600 billion framework
The real work of finalizing an infrastructure package that can have widespread Democratic support on Capitol Hill is just beginning as the party must reckon with key differences between progressives and moderates on the scope and cost of the package -- as well as GOP lawmakers offering their own alternative.
While progressives are losing patience quickly with any discussion on bipartisanship, Democrats in the middle are still clinging to hopes that they can find consensus. The White House has invited key Republicans for discussions, but still GOP senators are slated to introduce an infrastructure proposal Thursday that is just a sliver of what President Joe Biden has suggested he wants.
How to read the Republican proposal
Republican senators led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia are slated to introduce at noon ET Thursday a framework of their counter proposal, with a price tag in the neighborhood of $600 billion, focusing on roads, bridges and more traditional infrastructure.
Capito and Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Commerce Committee, told CNN on Wednesday that the plan will be fully paid for by user fees and other offsets and won't raise taxes.
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These dumbfucks were proposing $800 billion last week. Do they have a clue how a deal is supposed to be negotiated or are they Trump U grads?
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Yay! More toll roads to break the working man/small business owner more. 
