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Schumer eyes ‘backup’ infrastructure plan by new bipartisan gang

By Susan Ferrechio
Published June 8, 2021 7:28pm ET
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Schumer eyes ‘backup’ infrastructure plan by new bipartisan gang
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks following remarks by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who told reporters he has secured enough Republican votes to start President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses and documents Democrats want, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

A new bipartisan group of lawmakers is crafting a backup infrastructure proposal that has drawn the interest of the top Senate Democrat now that White House talks with GOP negotiators appear to be faltering.

Sens. Mitt Romney, Rob Portman, Kyrsten Sinema, and Joe Manchin are preparing a package worth roughly $880 billion with a mechanism to pay for the legislation.

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