{"id":539052,"date":"2021-05-24T18:47:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T22:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=539052"},"modified":"2021-05-24T19:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T23:20:12","slug":"biden-adviser-says-president-may-change-course-should-infrastructure-bill-stall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-adviser-says-president-may-change-course-should-infrastructure-bill-stall\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Adviser Says President May &#039;Change Course&#039; Should Infrastructure Bill Stall"},"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\">22<\/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-adviser-says-president-may-change-course-should-infrastructure-bill-stall%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=539052&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\/GetFile-209.aspx\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A senior adviser to President Joe Biden said this weekend that while he wants a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, he would likely \u201cchange course\u201d if it becomes apparent that Republicans will no longer negotiate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs there are meaningful negotiations going, taking place in a bipartisan manner, he&#8217;s willing to let that play out,\u201d Senior Biden Adviser Cedric Richmond said on <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2105\/23\/sotu.01.html\">CNN\u2019s State of the Union Sunday<\/a>.\u201d But, again, he will not let inaction be the answer. When it gets to the point where it looks that is inevitable, you will see him change course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House said Monday that it is continuing to negotiate with Republicans on the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ball is in the Republicans court,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=INe2ghEld8g\">Monday briefing<\/a> with reporters. \u201cWe are awaiting their counter proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki said the administration cut some $550 million from its initial $2.1 trillion plan to $1.7 trillion and the Republicans came back with $568 million, but there is still a way to go before reaching a consensus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are eager to engage (with Republicans),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides have been debating exactly what the term \u201cinfrastructure\u201d entails.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans want to limit the discussion to strictly physical items like roads, bridges, and utilities, where the Democrats are including items including institutional systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(The president\u2019s plan is) well above the range of what can pass Congress with bipartisan support,\u201d A member of the GOP negotiating team, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=INe2ghEld8g\">Wall Street Journal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She said the sides remained divided on the scope of the plan and how to pay for it.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., put out an olive branch of sorts, saying there could \u201cbe an appetite\u201d for a plan around $800 million among his caucus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNegotiations should continue, but it\u2019s important to note that there\u2019s a fundamental difference here and at the heart of the negotiations is defining the scope of the bill: What is infrastructure?\u201d Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. said in the article. \u201cI think we\u2019re still pretty far apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has said he hopes the sides can come together with something a week from now by Memorial Day, but hopes are dimming for a bipartisan agreement.<\/p>\n<p>While it is not clear what Richmond meant by Biden \u201cchanging course,\u201d it could mean that he intends on trying to pass something through without any Republican support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the president coming down $550 billion off of his initiative proposal, I think shows the willingness to negotiate in good faith and in a serious manner,\u201d Richmond said. \u201cThe real question is whether the Republicans will meet the effort that the president is showing. He came down on two areas, infrastructure and broadband, both areas that are important to him. But it is a sincere effort to move this country forward, but the president has been clear. Inaction is not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior adviser to President Joe Biden said this weekend that while he wants a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, he would likely \u201cchange course\u201d if it becomes apparent that Republicans &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312876,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GetFile-209.aspx","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Adviser Says President May &#039;Change Course&#039; Should Infrastructure Bill Stall","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GetFile-209.aspx","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Adviser Says President May &#039;Change Course&#039; Should Infrastructure Bill Stall","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}