Biden Gets Closer on Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan

Playbook: “Well, we’ll be damned. Joe Biden appears to have all but secured that elusive bipartisan infrastructure deal that both parties have been prattling on about for years. The core group of 10 Senate centrists working on the proposal emerged from a meeting with White House officials Wednesday night and declared that they had a working framework.”

“While lawmakers draft up the text, expect the White House to start leaning on Democrats to get in line. We know that so far at least 11 Senate Republicans have agreed to back this plan, but just as many Democrats have expressed reservations, creating tricky math for leadership.”

Punchbowl News: “But this is very far from a done deal. The lights are going down, and the band is just taking the stage.”

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on CNN: “That deal has 20 votes — not 60 votes.”