Biden called McConnell about $2 trillion infrastructure plan after weeks of silence

By Katherine Doyle

Published March 31, 2021 7:11pm ET

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Biden called McConnell about $2 trillion infrastructure plan after weeks of silence — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), left, and Vice President Joe Biden, walk through Statuary Hall on their way to a joint session of Congress to count the votes in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. It's official: Congress has tallied the Electoral College votes and Donald Trump has been elected president. | (Zach Gibson/AP)

President Joe Biden called Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday to detail his infrastructure plan, the Kentucky Republican told supporters, a week after charging that the two had not spoken since Biden took office.

“He called me about it yesterday,” McConnell said Wednesday of the more than $2.2 trillion package, which includes spending to rebuild the country’s transportation, industrial and modern infrastructures, among other investments.

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