As White House reaches out, Republicans seem determined to kill Biden's jobs plan one way or another
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Senate Republicans are reportedly weighing «going bigger» on President Joe Biden's jobs and infrastructure plan as the White House works to shepherd the plan through Congress, according to Politico. How big? As high as $800 billion—more than $20As White House reaches out, Republicans seem determined to kill Biden's jobs plan one way or another
Senate Republicans are reportedly weighing «going bigger» on President Joe Biden's jobs and infrastructure plan as the White House works to shepherd the plan through Congress, according to Politico. How big? As high as $800 billion—more than $200 billion higher than their initial $568 billion counter-offer to Biden's $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan. But no matter how high (or low, as it were) Republicans go, they've always got a poison-pill deal killer at the ready. Take Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, for example, who told CNN Tuesday that $800 billion is the «absolute upper limit» on what Republicans might be willing to support. But even if the White House managed to squeeze some good stuff into an extremely pared down bill to attract GOP votes, we find out those votes won't materialize anyway. Read more