{"id":504420,"date":"2021-05-13T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=504420"},"modified":"2021-05-13T14:05:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:05:18","slug":"exclusive-republicans-to-introduce-bill-defining-the-meaning-of-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-to-introduce-bill-defining-the-meaning-of-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans To Introduce Bill Defining The Meaning Of Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fexclusive-republicans-to-introduce-bill-defining-the-meaning-of-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=504420&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-By-Bill-ClarkCQ-Roll-Call-Inc-via-Getty-Images-2112-e1620927111207.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican North Carolina Rep. Greg Murphy will introduce a bill Thursday which would define the meaning of infrastructure, as President Joe Biden and Democrats are trying to push a $4 trillion infrastructure package that the GOP says has very little to do with infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, first obtained by the Daily Caller, would define infrastructure as, \u201cbridges, dams, wharfs, roads, highways, ports, buildings, public utilities (including broadband), airports, and train stations.\u201d Republicans have continued to hammer Biden\u2019s $4.1 trillion infrastructure package, saying the money is not focused on infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy was joined by Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green and Republican Pennsylvania Rep. John Joyce as cosigners.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/28\/bidens-economic-plan-advancing-racial-equity-reform-trump-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposals<\/a> included in Biden\u2019s infrastructure package would be <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/26\/joe-biden-free-college-150-billion-cbs-60-minutes-misspoke-staff-clarifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free community college<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/05\/29\/biden-universal-pre-k-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">universal pre-K<\/a>\u00a0and a nationwide\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/23\/joe-biden-three-trillion-infrastructure-plan-free-college-pre-k-job-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paid leave program<\/a>, according to the New York Times. Republicans fear the plan would cause a massive tax hike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we exchange ideas, most words have meanings that everyone agrees upon. However now the radical left continues their crusade to redefine language in yet another attempt to secretly push their liberal wishlist into U.S. law. If Democrats had it their way, infrastructure would include everything from universal health care to free child care to free long term care,\u201d Murphy told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can have debates about the merits of these issues, but we shouldn\u2019t pretend they\u2019re infrastructure. The effort to obfuscate these items is a deliberate attempt to deceive the American people. That\u2019s why I\u2019m introducing legislation that would formally define infrastructure as the things traditionally understood as infrastructure,\u201d Murphy continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE BILL HERE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View EXCLUSIVE: Republicans To Introduce Bill Defining The Meaning Of Infrastructure on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/507788867\/EXCLUSIVE-Republicans-To-Introduce-Bill-Defining-The-Meaning-Of-Infrastructure#from_embed\">EXCLUSIVE: Republicans To I\u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In early May, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he does not believe a single Republican will support Biden\u2019s infrastructure package. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/03\/mitch-mcconnell-not-one-republican-supports-joe-biden-4-trillion-infrastructure-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: McConnell Says Not One Republican Will Support Biden\u2019s $4 Trillion Infrastructure Plan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a press conference in Louisville, Kentucky, McConnell said Republicans would be open to a $600 billion package, but said Biden\u2019s $4.1 trillion infrastructure package has very little to do with infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s worth talking about but I don\u2019t think there will be any Republican support \u2014 none, zero \u2014 for the $4.1 trillion grab bag which has infrastructure in it but a whole lot of other stuff,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/29\/donald-trump-slams-mitch-mcconnell-again-republicans-new-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McConnell<\/a>\u00a0said in a press conference in Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re open to doing a roughly $600 billion package which deals with what all of us agree is infrastructure,\u201d McConnell added. \u201cIf it\u2019s going to be about infrastructure, let\u2019s make it about infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A group of Senate Republicans, led by West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, have proposed a $568 billion infrastructure package. Biden and Capito had a conversation about an infrastructure deal.<\/p>\n<p>In late March, 21 Senate Democrats\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/30\/21-senate-democrats-letter-joe-biden-include-recurring-direct-payments-infrastructure-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sent a letter<\/a>\u00a0to Biden asking him to include recurring direct payments to individuals in his $3 trillion infrastructure plan, saying the $1,400 stimulus checks in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill were not enough.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/30\/21-senate-democrats-letter-joe-biden-include-recurring-direct-payments-infrastructure-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: 21 Senate Democrats Call On Biden To Include Recurring Direct Payments In $3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"8.0649350649351\">\n<p>Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/mitch-mcconnell-joe-biden-called-him-talk-infrastructure-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called McConnell<\/a> in March to discuss the infrastructure plan, which McConnell says was the first time they spoke since his inauguration on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican North Carolina Rep. 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