2 key bipartisan senators relieved with Biden's clarification on infrastructure

Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, appeared on ABC's "This Week."

Two key bipartisan senators negotiating an infrastructure deal said Sunday that they are relieved that President Joe Biden re-confirmed his commitment to pass a bipartisan deal, but noted there is still a lot of work left to be done. "I was very glad to see the president clarify his remarks because it was inconsistent with everything that we had been told all along the way," said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. Passage of the negotiated $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal appeared to be in jeopardy Friday, less than a day after it was touted by Biden and a bipartisan group of senators at the White House, including Portman and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. In a lengthy statement on Saturday, the president attempted to clarify a perceived ultimatum that his support of the infrastructure deal was dependent on the passage of the separate American Families Plan through reconciliation.