Biden plans talks with GOP on new infrastructure counteroffer, reviving hopes for bipartisan deal

President Joe Biden said he would meet with Senate Republicans to discuss the party’s $928 billion infrastructure proposal, reviving hopes for a bipartisan deal after talks stalled last week.

Biden told reporters Thursday he has not yet read the details of the GOP proposal, which is far narrower in scope and lower in cost than the president’s latest pitch for a $1.7 trillion infrastructure bill.

Biden did not reject the much smaller GOP bill outright. Instead, he said the two sides would get together and talk about it, which some viewed as an encouraging sign the president is not willing to abandon a bipartisan deal on infrastructure.

“We're going to meet sometime next week, and we'll see if we can move that,” Biden said. “And I'll have more to say about that in time."