Republicans have sent a message of disappointment in the White House’s improved infrastructure bill. That is as it was offering this past Friday. In fact, negotiations are appearing to be at a standstill despite the $550 billion cut in funding size.

Republicans and Democrats Negotiations Stalled

Moreover, the two sides do even “seem further apart” now. In fact, even more, than they were when negotiations began. Then Joe Biden and other senior government officials have met with a group of Republican senators. It occurred many times in present weeks, both at the White House and on Capitol Hill.

The full details on the streamlined package, which, in fact, has been reducing in size from $2.25 trillion to $1.7 trillion. It has not been making public by the administration. The bill has been describing trimming as mainly being focusing on research and development. Plus broadband, and funding for bridges, roads, and other major projects “to come closer to the number proposing by the senators.” This is what White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. However, a White House memo has shown that the cut of research and development funds alone does account for $480 billion. That is of the $550 billion total that is removing from the proposal.

Updated Package

“Based on our view, this is the act – the art, I should say – of trying to seeking common ground. Psaki this said during the last Friday press briefing. “Moreover, this proposal exhibits a willingness to come down in size. Thus in giving on some areas that are important to the president. That, in fact, otherwise they wouldn’t have been in the proposal. While still also staying firm in areas that are most essential to rebuilding our infrastructure.”

In fact, these differences appear to be more about the two sides’ definition of infrastructure rather than its total cost.

“However, the largest gap is in identifying what infrastructure is,” GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri said in an interview over last weekend. “Moreover, if we get to a definition of infrastructure that the country would have always accepted, thus would become a much tighter space than it appears to be right now.”