President Biden Asks Republican Senators to Bring Him Reworked Infrastructure Proposal

President Joe Biden asked a group of Republican senators to flesh out their $568 billion infrastructure proposal with additional details, including how they would pay for it, a step that could begin more substantive negotiations on the issue. President Biden said that he was optimistic the group could reach a reasonable agreement and planned to discuss a more detailed offer from the Republican senators next week. The group had previously released a two-page plan that called for unspecified user fees to cover its cost. President Biden has said he is open to a compromise on his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, which calls for new spending on roads, bridges, broadband, and boosting electric vehicles and semiconductor manufacturing. Republicans have said they could support a narrower plan in the range of $600 to $800 billion but have rejected the president’s proposal to pay for it by raising taxes on companies.