President Biden’s economic agenda dominated the Sunday morning political talk shows.
Aides to the president signaled that he is open to negotiations with Republicans, while GOP senators pushed back on the legislation for reasons ranging from provisions not traditionally considered infrastructure to a proposed increase on corporate taxes.
Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.
| Biden wants to get GOP support for infrastructure ‘if possible,’ adviser says |
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| President Biden wants to advance an infrastructure bill in a bipartisan way “if possible,” a top White House adviser said Sunday, indicating Biden’s preference to work with Republicans on a package but not ruling out moving ahead without them.
“President Biden has been clear that he knows this is a negotiation, that he knows that a negotiation requires compromise at some point and that he wants to move this package forward in a bipartisan way if that is possible,” White House senior adviser Anita Dunn said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“We are looking forward to having discussions. We are open to people’s ideas. This is discussion time and idea time for the White House,” she continued. |
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| Sen. Tim Scott ‘hopeful’ on police reform |
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| “One of the reasons why I’m hopeful is because in a way this time my friends on the left aren’t looking for the issue, they’re looking for a solution,” GOP Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) said. “And the things that I offered last year are more popular this year. That gives me reasons to be hopeful.” |
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| State Department denies reported prisoner swap with Iran |
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| “Unfortunately, that report is untrue. There is no agreement to release these four Americans. We are working very hard to get them released, we raise this with Iran and our interlocutors all the time, but so far there’s no agreement to bring these four Americans home,” White House chief of staff Ron Klain said. |
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