Republicans plan to unveil an infrastructure package that excludes items like funding for elder care to counter President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion proposal, several GOP senators said Wednesday. The large Democrat package would allocate $400 billion for the care of the elderly and disabled, among other provisions that would not be included in typical infrastructure bills. Republicans want to slash the total amount by narrowing the focus to building and improving roads, bridges, and other traditional infrastructure pieces. “What I’d like to do is get back to what I consider the regular definition of infrastructure in terms of job creation. So that’s roads, bridges, ports, airports, including broadband into that, water infrastructure,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Capito floated a package that would come in at the $600 to $800 billion range. “We haven’t …
Republicans Crafting Narrow Infrastructure Proposal to Counter Biden’s $2.3 Billion Plan
April 14, 2021
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