Biden Rejects New Republican Infrastructure Offer

Biden Rejects New Republican Infrastructure Offer
President Joe Biden gestures toward Sen. Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.) during an infrastructure meeting with Republican Senators at the White House in Washington on May 13, 2021. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden and Republicans entered the weekend sharply at odds over how to craft an infrastructure deal that could satisfy their camps, imperiling the odds of a bipartisan deal.

Biden shot down a new proposal from the main Republican negotiator on infrastructure, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), that increased spending by about $50 billion over their last offer, the White House said.