Biden to host bipartisan group of lawmakers for infrastructure meeting as he faces pressure on both sides of the aisle

President Joe Biden will meet with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday afternoon to discuss his roughly $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure proposal, as he faces united Republican opposition to the plan and pressure from Democrats to move without GOP support.

The meeting will be the first time Biden sits down with lawmakers to discuss his proposal, which has been met with resistance by some lawmakers from both parties on Capitol Hill. The President unveiled his plan last month and it's aimed at improving the nation's infrastructure and shifting to greener energy over the next eight years.

Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are scheduled to meet with Democratic Sens. Maria Cantwell of Washington and Alex Padilla of California, Republican Sens. Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Democratic Reps. Donald M. Payne, Jr. of New Jersey and David Price of North Carolina, and Republican Reps. Garret Graves of Louisiana and Don Young of Alaska.

White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein said Monday morning on CNN's "New Day" that the lawmakers chosen for the first meeting "have a long history of sitting on committees that oversee investments that they themselves have long said need to be made."

Biden has touted his package as a "once-in-a-generation investment in America." It invests in manufacturing, transportation, research and development, bolstering caregiving for aging and disabled Americans and building new public schools and upgrading existing buildings.

But, some Republicans on the Hill are balking at the proposal's price tag and take issue with its broad definition of infrastructure and a proposed corporate tax hike. Democrats also remain divided over details of the proposal and the best way to shepherd it through both chambers.

Biden has said he is open to compromise on how to pay for his plan. His proposal currently includes raising the corporate income tax rate to 28%, up from 21%, which would fulfill one of the President's core campaign promises. The rate had been as high as 35% before former President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans cut taxes in 2017.