Moving the goal posts? GOP says Biden keeps upping infrastructure demands

Published June 8, 2021 6:47pm ET



The White House is moving the goal posts on infrastructure demands, putting a bipartisan deal in jeopardy, a top Republican said Tuesday.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican negotiating directly with President Joe Biden, said the White House is rejecting the GOP’s $978 billion, eight-year proposal that would serve as a baseline to fund infrastructure projects.

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