McConnell ups pressure on Biden, Democrats over US infrastructure

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WASHINGTON — US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell urged President Joe Biden on Monday to get the two top Democrats in Congress to abandon a plan to link a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal to a larger reconciliation package that Republicans oppose.

On Saturday, Biden withdrew a threat to not sign the bipartisan bill unless it was accompanied by a separate package focused on what he called “human infrastructure,” including help for home healthcare.

McConnell said that separating the two would be the only way for Congress to revamp America’s roads and bridges.

“I’d like to see us get there, and I do think the only way we can get there is to de-link the two …

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