White House extends infrastructure deadline as Republicans make competing counteroffers

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President Joe Biden appears to be growing antsy with Senate Republicans over plodding infrastructure negotiations as they blow past his Memorial Day deadline.

Biden told reporters Thursday that he is encouraged by a second Republican counteroffer worth $928 billion, which was presented by West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and five other GOP lawmakers.

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