White House Still Hopes for Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan

Punchbowl News: “First of all, the White House truly seems to believe a deal with the bipartisan group of 20 senators is doable and perhaps even likely. We can’t tell how much of this is sunny optimism and how much is reality.”

“The White House’s main focus this week is to try to figure out the right mix of offsets so the bipartisan group of senators will back off its insistence on hiking the gas tax and instituting a tax on miles driven by electric vehicles. These fees seem to be red lines for the administration, and the White House has made suggestions to the group on different ways to drop these provisions while continuing to pay for the entire package.”

“We got the sense yesterday that there will be a White House meeting with senators this week.”