Joe Biden’s bid to strike a deal with Senate Republicans on a sweeping infrastructure spending package collapsed on Tuesday, narrowing the US president’s options as he tries to move his economic agenda through Congress.
Biden had spent the past few weeks immersed in negotiations with Shelley Moore Capito, the Republican senator from West Virginia, to forge a bipartisan compromise, but the pair called off the talks after failing to reach an agreement.
The breakdown in the infrastructure negotiations highlights Biden’s struggle to move ahead with his ambitious domestic legislative agenda beyond the $1.9tn stimulus plan passed in March, in a deeply polarised political environment with strong Republican opposition.
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