McConnell Signals GOP Support for Raising Infrastructure Bill Ceiling to $800 Billion

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Republican caucus luncheon in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 16, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has suggested that Republican senators would be willing to raise their ceiling for an infrastructure plan to $800 billion, as a GOP delegation is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House this week to discuss his $2.25 trillion proposal.

“The proper price tag for what most of us think about when we think about infrastructure is about [$600 billion to $800 billion],” McConnell said in an interview on public television in Kentucky over the weekend.