Biden, GOP’s Capito End Infrastructure Talks Without a Deal

  • They failed to agree on scope of spending or how to pay for it
  • Discussions conclude after phone call between Biden, Capito
Rep. James Clyburn says time is running out to reach an infrastructure bill.Source: Bloomberg)
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President Joe Biden ended talks with Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito on an infrastructure plan on Tuesday without a deal, after failing to reach agreement on the scope of spending or how to pay for it.

The talks concluded after a brief phone call between the president and the West Virginia senator. Biden will instead turn his attention to a bipartisan group of senators working on their own infrastructure plan, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement.