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Republicans Unveil $568 Billion Infrastructure Counter to Biden’s American Jobs Plan

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took to Twitter with a call for Democrats and Republicans to work together on a bipartisan deal.

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April 22, 2021
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Republicans Unveil $568 Billion Infrastructure Counter to Biden’s American Jobs Plan

A group of Senate Republicans led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on Thursday unveiled a $568 billion infrastructure counter-proposal to President Joe Biden’s sweeping $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan, which the GOP has panned for going far beyond the traditional concept of “infrastructure.”

Republicans launched their proposal at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday, with Capito opening the presser by noting longstanding bipartisan calls to fix the nation’s aging infrastructure, adding that the GOP defines the concept more narrowly, as “core infrastructure, physical infrastructure.”

Capito, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), shared an overview of the GOP proposal in a tweet, in which she said that Biden’s plan “goes beyond what constitutes infrastructure. Today, we set a clear path forward on core principles that DEFINE infrastructure & address our country’s needs.”

The GOP framework (pdf) includes $299 billion on roads and bridges, $61 billion on public transit systems, $20 billion on rail, $35 billion on drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, $13 billion on safety programs, $17 billion on ports and inland waterways, $44 billion on airports, $65 billion to expand broadband access, and $14 billion to address water shortages.

“I think it’s important for you all to realize that this is the largest infrastructure investment that Republicans have come forward with,” Capito said. “This is a robust package,” she added.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took to Twitter with a call for Democrats and Republicans to work together on a bipartisan deal.

“Americans need and deserve bipartisan infrastructure solutions. I hope Democrats will come to the table and work with us on a bipartisan path forward to strengthen our homeland,” McConnell said in a tweet.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), widely viewed as a moderate who can work across the aisle, echoed McConnell’s hope for a joint solution.

“The infrastructure proposal led by @SenCapito is wisely focused on actual infrastructure and addresses real deficiencies. It’s a responsible, solid step forward, and the Administration should welcome efforts to find common ground and meet us at the negotiating table,” Romney said in a tweet.

After the press conference, Capito clarified to reporters that the GOP infrastructure proposal is an initial framework that she expects will to get fleshed out with specifics in the course of negotiations with Democrats.

“I feel like the White House and other counterparts on the House side want to try to reach a consensus ‘hard’ infrastructure bill,” Capito said, adding, “I’m an optimistic person. I think this is how we should work and want to work.”

“I tend to be a little bit too optimistic sometimes, but it’s sure worth a try,” she added.

Republicans have been wary of the $2.3 trillion price tag of Biden’s American Jobs Act, arguing that it goes well beyond what people normally think of as infrastructure.

Biden’s plan includes $100 billion in workforce development programs, $400 billion toward expanding access home- or community-based care for aging relatives and people with disabilities, $25 billion to increase the supply of child care, $300 billion to strengthen manufacturing supply chains, and $10 billion for a new Civilian Climate Corps that will work on conserving public lands and waters.

McConnell took to Twitter on April 13, saying, “there is a bipartisan appetite for smart infrastructure bills. In fact, all the multi-year highway bills have been bipartisan going back decades. There isn’t an appetite for using the word ‘infrastructure’ to justify a multitrillion-dollar slush fund for unrelated bad ideas.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on April 15 that she hopes Republicans will back Biden’s plan but, if not, Democrats are ready to go it alone through the reconciliation process, like they did with the $2 trillion American Rescue Plan, which received zero GOP votes.

This article was originally published by the Epoch Times. Read the original article.

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