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Politico: “Senate Republicans negotiating with the White House sounded dour notes on Monday evening and are mulling whether to even make a counteroffer to President Joe Biden’s proposal last week. Democrats are increasingly calling for Biden to consider going it alone rather than see the GOP water down his agenda.”

“An unofficial deadline for a bipartisan accord on infrastructure hits a week from now and negotiators are some $1.5 trillion apart, with severe differences in both size and scope, after more than a month of talks.”

Said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI): “We’re too far apart. Because I think Mitch’s ultimate purpose is not compromise but delay and mischief.”

This was obvious more than a month ago.
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