lawmakers are touting a breakthrough on a bipartisan infrastructure deal, but the bill still faces major hurdles before it can reach president biden s desk. for more on that i want to bring in the transportation secretary mr. pete buttigieg. thank you so much for joining us. i did some checking, this is the fourth time you ve joined this program, and i m grateful to you for that to talk about infrastructure, which is so critically important, as you and i know. in may, you wanted major progress by memorial day. that s come and gone in. june you said there was a very good chance of success. now it s august. so when do you think this will actually get passed and signed by the president into law? well, we certainly have seen that major progress that i was hoping to see. now we actually have to get it to final passage. it s got a few more steps in the senate. of course the house has to take it up to and then get it to the president s desk. what i ll say is as soon as it gets there, there
hard time of year for me andf our family. just like it is for so many of you. after our link hung they escaped the confines of the white house to eat lunch and a popular d.c. french restaurant. it is latest sign of the president s efforts to embrace post-pandemic life. on capitol hill, congress meets at of session this week but the president is expected to keep pressing lawmakers to spends trillions on an infrastructure spending bill. they warn time is running out to reach a bipartisan deal. by the time congress is back in washington, i think thoseto members of congress, and frankly the american people, and all of us and the administration, expect to have a clear direction. the white house misted self-imposed deadline to make major progress by memorial day. still key senate republicans tell fox news they remain eager to work with the president on finding common ground. realize this is not easy. i think we bring every idea is
good faith counteroffer. so this is now for those keeping track, it would be the counteroffer to the counteroffer to the original proposal. so we are seeing these face-to-face and virtual negotiations continue. remember, it was the president himself who had said he wanted to see major progress by memorial day, so just about a week from now and they really don t seem anywhere close to an agreed framework and they really don t agree on how to pay for this massive plans and the republicans huddle and their proposal was $568 billion and this number from the president is triple that amount. so there is still a major gulf between the two of them and this is a situation where the president may have to decide he wants to give democrats the green light to potentially pursue this in reconciliation and going it alone again like he did with the covid relief bill and the other major news at the white house was the president s behind the scenes involvement in
erielle reshef tonight. thank you. tonight from washington, news involving president biden s infrastructure and jobs plan to repair roads, bridges, and bring high-speed internet to rural america. he says it will create millions of jobs. republicans have argued it costs too much. tonight the white house offering a counterproposal, bringing the price tag down. let s get to mary bruce. mary, you re learning tonight about the republican response to this. reporter: this is already getting a chilly reception from republican sources on the hill. the white house s counteroffer slashes the price tag of this infrastructure plan from $2.3 trillion down to $1.7 trillion. it cuts proposed spending on roads, bridges, and broadband internet access to try to get republicans on board. the white house press secretary telling me this is the art of seeking common ground, but the two sides are still over $1 trillion apart. the president says he wants to see progress by memorial day, next weekend. tha
responsible. david? erielle reshef tonight. thank you. news involving president biden s infrastructure and job plans to repair roads, bridges and bring high speed internet to rural america. republicans argue it cost too much. tonight the white house offering a counterproposal bringing the price tag down. let s get to mary bruce. mary you re learning tonight the republican response to this. reporter: this is already getting a chilly reception from republicans. the counteroffer slashes the price tag of this infrastructure plan from $2.3 trillion down to $1.7 trillion. it cuts proposed spending on roads, bridges, broad band internet access. a white house press secretary telling me this is the art of seeking common ground, but they re still over $1 trillion apart. the president says he wants to see progress by memorial day, next weekend, that seems unlike will i. unlikely by the day.