{"id":551202,"date":"2021-06-03T15:50:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=551202"},"modified":"2021-06-03T15:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:50:27","slug":"psaki-dismisses-buttigiegs-timeline-for-clear-direction-on-infrastructure-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-dismisses-buttigiegs-timeline-for-clear-direction-on-infrastructure-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Dismisses Buttigieg\u2019s Timeline For \u2018Clear Direction\u2019 On Infrastructure Talks"},"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\">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%2Fpsaki-dismisses-buttigiegs-timeline-for-clear-direction-on-infrastructure-talks%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=551202&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\/06\/psaki-infrastructure-e1622748174185.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"41.84502521779\">\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki dismissed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg\u2019s deadline of June 7 regarding infrastructure talks, telling reporters Thursday that the administration isn\u2019t setting a deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/joe-biden-meeting-gop-shelley-moore-capito-bipartisan-infrastructure-plan\/\">told CNN\u2019s<\/a> \u201cState of the Union\u201d on Sunday that \u201ca clear direction\u201d on the talks must be evident by June 7, when Congress returns. Buttigieg noted that it\u2019s \u201cencouraging to see the healthy conversations\u201d but reminded Americans that Biden has promised to deliver on the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki flatly dismissed Buttigieg\u2019s June 7 deadline and said Biden\u00a0\u201cwill continue to have conversations with Democrats and Republicans about what the path forward may look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Psaki said when asked if <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/05\/joe-biden-janet-yellen-g-20\/\">Biden<\/a> sees Monday as the deadline for \u201cmajor breakthroughs\u201d on proposal negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Psaki noted that \u201cit is an important moment in the timeline\u201d because \u201cthere will be movement then,\u201d but added that Biden has no plans to set new deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi talk about how she wants to move forward with infrastructure in June,\u201d the press secretary said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen Senator Leader [Chuck] Schumer talk about how he wants to move forward with infrastructure in July. Those are some realities in the timeline, but the president is not \u2014 we are not here to set new deadlines. We\u2019re going to continue those conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When probed on the apparent nonexistent deadline, Psaki reiterated that the administration plans to \u201ckeep our options open to see what paths we can move forward on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly the president is not going to accept a deal that doesn\u2019t help create millions of jobs and make a historic investment in our nation\u2019s infrastructure,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>\n<p>The administration also addressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/business-groups-joe-biden-dangerous-misguided-infrastructure-package\/\">much-contentious<\/a> plan <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/05\/biden-corporate-tax-rate-manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to pay for the infrastructure<\/a> proposal by raising the corporate tax up to 28%. Psaki said that Biden has \u201cabsolutely not\u201d abandoned this plan and said he believes \u201c<span id=\"subtitle188\" class=\"subtitle selfragment\" data-id=\"188\" data-start=\"660559\" data-end=\"662894\">corporations can<\/span> <span class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"189\" data-start=\"662962\" data-end=\"664262\">afford to pay a little more.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/joe-biden-infrastructure-plan-trump-tax-corporate-cuts\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/joe-biden-infrastructure-plan-trump-tax-corporate-cuts\/\">Biden\u2019s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Is Fueled By Rolling Back Trump\u2019s Corporate Tax Cuts \u2014\u00a0Here\u2019s What We Know)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki dismissed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg\u2019s deadline of June 7 regarding infrastructure talks, telling reporters Thursday that the administration isn\u2019t setting a deadline. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279109,"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\/06\/psaki-infrastructure-e1622748174185.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Psaki Dismisses Buttigieg\u2019s Timeline For \u2018Clear Direction\u2019 On Infrastructure Talks","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/psaki-infrastructure-e1622748174185.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Psaki Dismisses Buttigieg\u2019s Timeline For \u2018Clear Direction\u2019 On Infrastructure Talks","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551202","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=551202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}