Congress heads home for Memorial Day not returning until June 14. At one point Memorial Day was viewed as a deadline for negotiations trying to get a bipartisan infrastructure bill but talks seem poised to continue into June. The White House and a group of Senate Republicans led by West Virginia Senator Shelly Moore Capito continue to exchange drafts. On Friday the White House gave the Republicans a new offer of $1.7B which is much larger than the $800B Mitch McConnell indicated was his ceiling. The President remains very involved and seems motivated to find a compromise that allows him to deliver on his campaign promise of more bipartisanship, but the two sides seem far apart.

Washington pundits are talking more and more that President Biden is looking for a Washington that simply doesn’t exist anymore, one from his Senate days when Republicans and Democrats worked across the aisle on issues. There remains some hope that a bipartisan infrastructure bill based on “traditional” infrastructure can be approved, but time is the enemy of a bipartisan agreement. Democrats are likely to need a Budget Reconciliation Bill to get some of the less traditional infrastructure ideas from low income housing to removal of lead pipes; and absent agreement, Democrats will incorporate the...

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