White House denies impasse as Capito infrastructure negotiations begin to fizzle out

The White House insists there could still be a bipartisan infrastructure deal as a second group of senators overshadows West Virginia Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s cadre with another counterproposal.

President Joe Biden and Capito will speak Tuesday afternoon, though Capito told reporters Tuesday morning she would not be presenting a compromise valued more than her standing offer of $928 billion, which she said last Friday she could increase by $50 billion. But her package has limited pay-for provisions and not the ones favored by the White House.