Biden confident Republicans will back his budget and infrastructure package

Published April 9, 2021 8:14pm ET



President Joe Biden is confident that he’ll get Republican support for his sprawling $2.25 trillion jobs and infrastructure spending package, after a key Democrat rebuked efforts to ram the bill unilaterally through Congress.

“I’ve already spoken to some of my Republican colleagues about dealing with the infrastructure legislation we have up there, as well as other budget items,” Biden said Friday before an Oval Office economic briefing.

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