WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) –The President is talking bipartisanship.
During a town hall held by Cable News Network on Wednesday (July 22, 2021), Mr. Biden, in reaction to the rejection in the Senate of an effort to prevent partisan filibusters during the debate of a $1.2 trillion-dollar infrastructure package, said that he remains optimistic that majority Democrats and minority Republicans can still work together in Congress, but that “the well has been so poisoned” over the past few years.
Six-term US House Representative Bill Huizenga of Zeeland is skeptical of the President’s sentiments expressed in that town hall meeting.
“They (majority Democrats) have not welcomed the Republican voices in on these issues, and in fact have fought it,” he said on “WHTC Morning News” during his weekly Thursday interview. “The proof is in the pudding, and actions speak louder than words. I’m afraid that Joe Biden can talk about being bipartisan, but we have not seen that.”
A bipartisan group of US Senators, who remain “on track” for completing work on a infrastructure package, issued a statement after the filibuster vote that they will get more analysis from the Congressional Budget Office on whether or not the legislation would significantly add to the federal deficit. That’s one of the arguments Republicans have used to object to the size of the package.
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