White House dances around infrastructure red lines

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The White House is being tight-lipped on the aspects of its sweeping $2.25 trillion infrastructure package that might be on the negotiating table.

White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted Wednesday that President Joe Biden is open to bipartisan compromise on the proposal. The president, however, adopted a similar approach to talks over his $1.9 trillion coronavirus spending package, before ditching Senate Republicans in favor of the reconciliation process, which only requires a simple majority for some budgetary legislation.

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