Republican leaders say infrastructure deal possible but can't include tax hike

[May 13, 2021]    By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican leaders in congress emerged from a White House meeting on Wednesday optimistic that a bipartisan agreement can be reached on a jobs and infrastructure package but warned that it can not include any raising of taxes as U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy listens to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speak to reporters following an infrastructure meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

"You won't find any Republicans who are gonna go raise takes," House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters.

(Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw)

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