Congress' most successful bipartisan gang lives in the House — not the Senate
By Sarah Ferris

A few dozen House members helped bring bipartisan talks back from the dead on a massive spending bill passed six months ago. Now they want to do it again — in President Joe Biden's Washington. The bipartisan 58-member coalition known as the Problem Solvers Caucus took something of a half-court buzzer shot this week by releasing its own version of an infrastructure deal, determined to keep talks alive between the president and Senate Republicans at least a bit longer before Democrats bound toward their own party-line bill.

Bipartisan group avoids partisan hurdles in infrastructure talks
By Lindsey McPherson

Members of a bipartisan Senate group negotiating a fallback infrastructure plan say they will avoid tax increases and user fees, but include climate-related spending, in a bid to get past obstacles that have tripped up progress on a $1 trillion-plus package thus far. Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said Wednesday that the group of senators he’s negotiating with has a chance to show President Joe Biden there are Democrats willing to eschew partisan proposals in order to get a deal...

Bipartisan lawmakers prep $878B infrastructure plan as White House-GOP negotiations drag
By Jacqui Heinrich, Evie Fordham

Lawmakers involved in the $878 billion plan include Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, plus Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa. There are still unresolved questions about the amount of new spending, and whether it would be better suited for an eight-year plan rather than the original five.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveils an infrastructure proposal
By Emily Cochrane

A group of bipartisan House lawmakers unveiled their own framework for an infrastructure package, as Democrats wrestle with how to advance President Biden’s ambitions for a sweeping economic agenda and whether to restructure the plan to win Republican votes. The so-called Problems Solvers Caucus, a group of 29 Democrats and 29 Republicans in the House, put forward a plan for $761.8 billion in new spending, as part of an overall $1.249 trillion plan over eight years.

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THIS is our moment to make a difference. We need to band together and make our voices heard to help keep these negotiations alive. Please click here to send a note of encouragement to the Problem Solvers Caucus and their Senate allies as they work across party lines on a bipartisan infrastructure plan. 

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