White House stands by expansive infrastructure definition used for spending bill

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The White House is pushing forward with its expansive definition of infrastructure as it sells President Joe Biden’s recently unveiled $2.25 trillion spending package to lawmakers and the public.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki was needled Wednesday during a joint briefing with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on why the Biden administration is proposing to spend $400 billion on home healthcare workers when the package was widely anticipated to focus on infrastructure.

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