The President spent the weekend qualifying his own statements over the agreement met for an infrastructure deal, after stating that the bipartisan infrastructure bill must be accompanied by a larger bill that contains funding for initiatives from the American Families Plan.
The White House faces pressure from both sides of the aisle while holding together the nearly $1 trillion infrastructure bill; from Democrats advocating for a more robust investment into climate issues and Republicans considering the prospect of giving President Biden a victory. Some Democrats have already pointed to reconciliation—the Senate procedure that avoids the sixty vote filibuster-proof threshold—as the best method for securing passage, possibly a non-starter discussion for garnering Republican support.
GFOA’s Federal Liaison Center will continue to monitor this Congressional activity.