The end of the talks will increase pressure on Democrats to pass a sweeping package using a special process that doesn’t require any Republican votes in the Senate.
Biden’s infrastructure talks with GOP collapse amid irreconcilable differences
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said the president informed her that he was ending their negotiations.
Rep. Jayapal, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand tells Dems to give up bipartisan talks on infrastructure
Jayapal, chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in a statement: “In case it wasn’t clear already, it certainly is now: Republicans are not going to do what needs to be done for working families.”
“We know Mitch ‘100% of my focus is on stopping this new administration’ won’t be coming around on a deal,” the Washington Democrat wrote in an earlier tweet. “Time to go big, bold, and alone.”