Republicans are planning to offer their own $650billion infrastructure bill to rival Biden's bloated $2.2trillion plan. Many GOP members have criticized Biden's bill for including in-home care, climate change, and housing under a plan meant to focus on 'infrastructure.'
Instead, they are submitting their own bill, which costs just a third of the White House's plan, and which they hope to present before Congress' May recess.
One of the Republicans leading the formulation of a counter infrastructure bill is Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who made her case for an opposing bill on national television.
'What I'd like to do is get back to what I consider the regular definition of infrastructure in terms of job creation,' Capito said on CNBC on Wednesday.
'I would say probably into the 600 or $800 billion - but we haven't put all that together yet,' Capito added about the cost of the bill.
The Republican plan is set to include funding for broadband internet, which is also listed in Biden's 'American Jobs Plan.'
Sen. Mitt Romney listed other potential focus points of the Republican plan as the water system, sewers, roads, and airports.
Capito, meanwhile, mentioned roads, bridges, ports, airports, broadband and water infrastructure during her CNBC interview.
More specific details on the GOP plan are being kept under wraps as they work out the finer points, though.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is part of the GOP contingent working on drafting a new plan
Sen. Mitt Romney has previously suggested using a gas tax to pay for an infrastructure plan
Poster Comment:
Actually the total Biden plan is $3 trillion and includes $153 billion in traditional infrastructure. That is more than 4 times as much as Biden's plan in infrastructure and costs $2.35 trillion less. The US total infrastructure deficit is $4.59 trillion according to US Civil Engineers association.