{"id":542993,"date":"2021-05-27T14:05:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=542993"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:05:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:05:58","slug":"psaki-says-there-are-better-ways-to-pay-for-infrastructure-plan-after-republicans-propose-using-repurposed-covid-19-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-says-there-are-better-ways-to-pay-for-infrastructure-plan-after-republicans-propose-using-repurposed-covid-19-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Says \u2018There Are Better Ways\u2019 To Pay For Infrastructure Plan After Republicans Propose Using Repurposed COVID-19 Funds"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fpsaki-says-there-are-better-ways-to-pay-for-infrastructure-plan-after-republicans-propose-using-repurposed-covid-19-funds%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=542993&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--><p>The White House is pushing back on Republicans\u2019 plan to pay for much of their latest counterproposal using repurposed COVID-19 funds, press secretary Jen Psaki suggested Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/27\/senate-republicans-introduce-infrastructure-counter-proposal\/\">countered<\/a> President Joe Biden\u2019s $1.7 trillion infrastructure <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/27\/joe-biden-trillion-budget-debt\/\">plan<\/a> with a new $257 billion funding proposal Thursday. When added to already existing programs, the plan would equal $928 billion spread out over eight years. Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/21\/white-house-1-7-trillion-counterproposal-republican-infrastructure\/\">original<\/a> plan was set to cost nearly $2.3 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans proposed paying for their plan largely by repurposing funds from the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/05\/27\/us\/biden-news-today\">noted<\/a>. The White House has supported this idea, a point that Psaki made clear after a reporter asked if it\u2019s \u201ca nonstarter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is the reason why that would be difficult to be a key funding mechanism,\u201d Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kcV5un9YRR4&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cNinety-five percent of it is already allocated, 5% of it would go towards some key areas, including boosting up small businesses, restaurants, rebuilding veterans hospitals \u2013 something that is of personal importance to the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think there are better ways to pay for it and we think people should have a full understanding of what that is proposing,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7201592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7201592\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7201592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320351169-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House on May 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320351169-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320351169-167x120.jpg 167w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320351169-620x445-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320351169-768x551-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320351169-1536x1103-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320351169-2048x1470-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7201592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House on May 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration wants to increase taxes on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/joe-biden-infrastructure-plan-trump-tax-corporate-cuts\/\">corporations<\/a> and wealthy individuals. This plan has been met with pushback from Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>While the White House continues to negotiate with Senate Republicans on the infrastructure plan, Psaki said the latest counterproposal is \u201cencouraging,\u201d in part because it \u201csubstantially increased the funding level\u201d to near $1 trillion. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/22\/infrastructure-talks-hit-snag-gop-response-bidens-counteroffer\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp;Infrastructure Talks Hit Snag After GOP Response To Biden\u2019s Counteroffer)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first review, we note several constructive additions to the group\u2019s previous proposals, including on roads, bridges and rail,\u201d Psaki said in a press release just prior to her comments to reporters. \u201cAt the same time, we remain concerned that their plan still provides no substantial new funds for critical job-creating needs, such as fixing our veterans\u2019 hospitals, building modern rail systems, repairing our transit systems, removing dangerous lead pipes, and powering America\u2019s leadership in a job-creating clean energy economy, among other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLastly, we are concerned that the proposal on how to pay for the plan remains unclear: we are worried that major cuts in COVID relief funds could imperil pending aid to small businesses, restaurants and rural hospitals using this money to get back on their feet after the crush of the pandemic,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki noted that they plan to \u201cwork actively with members of the House and Senate next week\u201d prior to Congress resuming business in early June.&nbsp;<span id=\":by.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/span>Biden told reporters that he hasn\u2019t \u201chad a chance yet to go over the details of the counteroffer\u201d made by Republicans and declared that \u201cwe\u2019re going to have to close this down soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House is pushing back on Republicans\u2019 plan to pay for much of their latest counterproposal using repurposed COVID-19 funds, press secretary Jen Psaki suggested Thursday.Senate Republicans countered President &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313281,"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\/GettyImages-1320351169-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Psaki Says \u2018There Are Better Ways\u2019 To Pay For Infrastructure Plan After Republicans Propose Using Repurposed COVID-19 Funds","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542993","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\/GettyImages-1320351169-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Psaki Says \u2018There Are Better Ways\u2019 To Pay For Infrastructure Plan After Republicans Propose Using Repurposed COVID-19 Funds","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542993","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=542993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}