Biden Cuts Off Infrastructure Talks Without Bipartisan Agreement

WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden has pulled the plug on weeks of negotiations between his administration and Senate Republicans after they were unable to reach a bipartisan agreement on the president's proposed infrastructure plan.

Biden had gone back and forth with Republicans on his initially proposed $2.3 trillion bill that would fund improvements to the nation's roads, bridges, public transit systems and more.

The president initially offered to cut the cost of the bill to $1 trillion, though his counteroffer far exceeded what Republicans were willing to spend. Republicans had proposed only a quarter of that amount as part of a $928 billion package that primarily used money from existing programs.

Talks will now go to a bipartisan group of centrist senators, who will attempt to reach a compromise on the bill.

Read more via the New York Times