Biden expected to back Senate's bipartisan infrastructure framework

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President Joe Biden is highly likely to endorse the bipartisan infrastructure framework that was clinched on Wednesday night, according to three people with direct knowledge of the talks.

The Senate's nascent infrastructure deal faces a crucial test Thursday as its negotiators prepare to meet with the president. That meeting comes after senators and administration officials reached a breakthrough Wednesday evening that raises the prospects of a tentative agreement on nearly $1 trillion in infrastructure spending.

Under the framework, the bipartisan package, led by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), would include more than $550 billion in new spending on roads, bridges and other traditional infrastructure projects. The White House and the bipartisan group have spent this past week negotiating on how to pay for the package. Senate Republicans have said they will not touch the corporate tax rate, while Biden and Senate Democrats have rejected proposals to index the gas tax and enact fees for electric vehicles.

Importantly, it's not clear yet whether Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will endorse the deal. Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi also met with administration officials Wednesday evening. Schumer has emphasized that the infrastructure plan is currently on two tracks: the first is bipartisan, while the second is set to include policies that have no chance of getting Republican support.

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1. Don't Know How

they expect to pay for it. The Dems will raise taxes on the Rich & Corporate for the reconciliation part, but they and the POTUS are against user fees or stealing covid relief funds to the states for any bipartisan part.