Biden Prepared to Push Through Infrastructure Plan Without GOP Support: Energy Secretary

President Joe Biden would be prepared to push through his $2 trillion infrastructure package without the backing of Republican lawmakers.
Biden Prepared to Push Through Infrastructure Plan Without GOP Support: Energy Secretary
President Joe Biden speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington on April 1, 2021. Evan Vucci/AP Photo
Isabel van Brugen
Updated:

President Joe Biden would be prepared to push through his $2 trillion infrastructure package without the backing of Republican lawmakers, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Sunday.

Granholm suggested that the president may consider attempting to pass the legislation by using a budget process to cut out Republicans and to bypass the filibuster, lowering the threshold required in the upper chamber to a simple majority from 60 votes.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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