White House cuts infrastructure proposal to $1.7 trillion in counter to GOP
The Biden administration put forward a counteroffer to its infrastructure plan that dropped the price tag from $2.25 trillion in “additional investment” to $1.7 trillion, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
Biden administration officials, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, presented the counteroffer to Republicans in a meeting Friday afternoon, Psaki said.
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