White House team cites progress in talks with bipartisan infrastructure
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[June 23, 2021]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A team of
White House officials had a productive meeting on Tuesday with a
bipartisan group of senators about the lawmakers' $1 trillion
infrastructure plan, and will meet again later on Tuesday or Wednesday,
the White House said.
"While progress was made, more work remains to be done," White House
press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. "We expect our team to
meet again with the bipartisan group later today or tomorrow, as
schedules permit."
Psaki told reporters earlier that White House legislative director
Louisa Terrell and Steve Ricchetti, counselor to President Joe Biden,
were meeting with the bipartisan group of 21 senators trying to craft an
infrastructure deal.
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"The president's encouraged by the ongoing talks and discussions that
are continuing with Democrats and Republicans," she told a White House
briefing, adding the White House would assess next steps once that
meeting was over.
No details were immediately available on Tuesday's meeting or what
specific progress had been made.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, struck an upbeat tone
on Tuesday, telling reporters he is planning to hold votes sometime in
July on a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a second one that would
pave the way for a Democratic-only bill later in the year.
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That bill, which Democrats could pass in the evenly
divided Senate with the help of a tie-breaking vote by Vice
President Kamala Harris, would include significant additional
spending on unconventional "infrastructure" programs, such as home
healthcare for the elderly and others, he said.
Schumer told Democratic senators on Tuesday he would meet with House
of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House officials on
Wednesday to discuss the Senate's infrastructure plans, according to
a Democratic source.
The White House had no immediate comment on the meeting.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Richard Cowan; Editing by Rosalba
O'Brien, Peter Cooney and Karishma Singh)
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