{"id":392457,"date":"2021-04-06T12:28:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T16:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=392457"},"modified":"2021-04-06T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T16:28:31","slug":"biden-struggling-with-partisan-approach-to-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-struggling-with-partisan-approach-to-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden struggling with partisan approach to infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-struggling-with-partisan-approach-to-infrastructure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=392457&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2393747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this March 31, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:20 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, April 6, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s running out of chances to show GOP lawmakers that he\u2019s ready to ditch partisanship. On Monday, he told reporters that he\u2019s ready to fight for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure bill. Republicans fear Democrats will push through the bill without their input much like they did with the massive coronavirus relief package passed last month.<\/p>\n<p>Several members of Biden\u2019s cabinet have suggested he will push Democrat lawmakers to enact the budget reconciliation process to pass the bill. This would give the slim Democrat majority in Congress immense power over the bill by allowing lawmakers to pass the infrastructure plan by a simple majority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of interesting that when the Republicans put forward an infrastructure plan they thought everything from broadband to dealing with other things with trains were infrastructure,\u201d Biden stated.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is leading he charge to deflate the bill and take a more moderate approach to infrastructure. Additionally, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) proposed cutting the bill by 70 percent, dwindling the bill to around $615 billion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Less than 6% of the Biden so-called \u201cinfrastructure plan\u201d goes to roads and bridges. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s really a $2.2 trillion extortion scheme.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBoebert\/status\/1379441879125798918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans across the board have criticized the bill for only putting 5 percent of its budget towards traditional infrastructure. Lawmakers claim this neglects important maintenance of roads, buildings and rural broadband throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, a large chunk of the bill\u2019s funds are allocated towards in-home care for elderly residents, affordable housing and electric vehicles. In the meantime, Biden still has to convince key players in his own party to support the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a major swing vote, is pushing back against Biden\u2019s plan to up the corporate tax rate from 21 to 28 percent. Manchin noted, there\u2019s around six or seven Democrats who feel strongly about the tax hike. He believes Biden\u2019s plan could be broken up into three separate bills.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/dnc-chair-dems-brand-broken-party-barely-functioning\/\"> DNC Chair: Dems brand \u2018broken\u2019, party \u2018barely functioning\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this March 31, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh. 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