WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Republican U.S. Senator Mitt Romney of Utah said on Wednesday the bipartisan group working to hammer out a deal on infrastructure would not raise taxes as part of their plan.
President Joe Biden, a Democrat, on Tuesday broke off talks on an infrastructure bill with a key Republican, instead reaching out to a bipartisan group, after one-on-one talks with Republican Sen. Shelley Capito were described as hitting a "brick wall."
Biden changed course after Capito, the leader of a group of six Senate Republicans handling the negotiations, offered $330 billion in new spending on infrastructure, far short of Biden's reduced $1.7 trillion offer.