With Progress Toward Infrastructure Deal, Biden Invites Senators For New Talks - NPR
Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center, arrives to a bipartisan infrastructure meeting at the U.S.
Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center, arrives to a bipartisan infrastructure meeting at the U.S.
A bipartisan group of senators is "very, very close" to an agreement on a deal for an infrastructure package, Ohio Republican Rob Portman told Capitol Hill reporters Wednesday, and President Biden has invited the group to the White House Thursday.The invitation follows meetings between White House advisers and the group of senators Wednesday."White House senior staff had two productive meetings today with the bipartisan group of Senators who have been negotiating about infrastructure," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement.'The group made progress towards an outline of a potential agreement, and the President has invited the group to come to the White House tomorrow to discuss this in person.".