{"id":604114,"date":"2021-07-27T17:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T21:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=604114"},"modified":"2021-07-27T17:05:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T21:05:25","slug":"sinema-claims-infrastructure-meeting-with-biden-was-productive-talks-are-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinema-claims-infrastructure-meeting-with-biden-was-productive-talks-are-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinema Claims Infrastructure Meeting With Biden Was \u2018Productive,\u2019 Talks Are \u2018On Track\u2019"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fsinema-claims-infrastructure-meeting-with-biden-was-productive-talks-are-on-track%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=604114&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\/07\/sinema-scaled-e1627418729102.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema met with President Joe Biden on Tuesday to discuss the proposed $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal, and expressed optimism about its chances of passing the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Sinema described her talks with Biden as \u201cproductive,\u201d with the legislation \u201cmoving forward\u201d in a post-meeting interview with Politico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always hard to answer that, but yes. That\u2019s also my answer every day,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/07\/27\/sinema-biden-as-bipartisan-talks-500842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>, in response to a question about whether or not the talks were \u201con track.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.491856677524\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will meet with President Biden at the White House today. The topic on the agenda, per a source familiar with the plan, is infrastructure negotiations \u201cand their shared optimism that progress has been made and a final deal is within reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1420046280777216000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sinema is a leader of a group of 10 Senate Democrats and Republicans who have been working to come to an infrastructure agreement. Other key members of the group include Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, Republican Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an agreement amongst the 10 of us on almost all the issues and that ought to win the day,\u201d Romney said. \u201cWere there not to be one to be completed and the Democrats were to blow it up, I think their prospects for other bipartisan successes would have been severely impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/biden-manchin-infrastructure-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> June 24 that he had come to an agreement with the 10 senators on the infrastructure package. In a press conference later that day, however, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/joe-biden-bipartisan-infrastructure-package-without-reconciliation-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threatened<\/a> to veto the package unless the House of Representatives and Senate passed another bill via reconciliation that includes provisions that did not make it into the bipartisan bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s in tandem,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>The reconciliation approach has the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/ilhan-omar-nancy-pelosi-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-american-jobs-plan-chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support<\/a> of prominent left-wingers, including Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have also expressed their approval. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/ocasio-cortez-biden-patty-cake-republicans-climate-voting-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Ocasio-Cortez Accuses Biden Of \u2018Playing Patty-Cake\u2019 With Republicans While They Are \u2018Setting The Planet On Fire\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Portman said Sunday that the reconciliation approach could destroy the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe infrastructure bill has nothing to do with the reckless tax and spend extravaganza [Pelosi\u2019s] talking about in terms of reconciliation,\u201d he told ABC\u2019s George Stephanopoulous. \u201cIf she has her way, we could\u201d end up with nothing.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki expressed optimism about the prospect of a deal during her Tuesday press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Sinema \u201care very much aligned on the path forward. Both feel optimistic about the path forward,\u201d Psaki told reporters. \u201cIt is always at the tail end when you have, you know, some of the trickiest discussions, but they again remain quite positive about the forward momentum and the path we see the infrastructure package on at this point in time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Arizona Sen. 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