Bipartisan infrastructure talks expand while lawmakers figure out how to pay for it

Published June 16, 2021 11:13pm ET



A bipartisan infrastructure panel picked up new support Wednesday even as the group struggled to agree on how to pay for the plan.

Five Republicans, four Democrats, and an independent who caucuses with Democrats added their names to the group of 10 bipartisan senators working on a final deal that would spend $974 billion on traditional projects, including roads, bridges, waterways, and broadband. The price tag would include roughly $579 billion in new spending.

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