White House tries to quell concerns over bipartisan infrastructure deal

The road to passing the bipartisan infrastructure deal negotiated by senators and agreed to by the White House this week is proving to be a rough one.

The road to passing the bipartisan infrastructure deal negotiated by senators and agreed to by the White House this week is proving to be a rough one. On Friday, the White House sought to repair some frayed nerves over President Joe Biden's pledge to link the bipartisan deal to Democrats' attempts to pass a larger, sweeping human infrastructure package by way of reconciliation. Steve Ricchetti and Louisa Terrell, two members of the White House team working on the bipartisan negotiations, reached out to the group of senators they struck the deal with to express Biden’s continued enthusiasm for it, according to a White House aide. They added Biden would soon be taking his case for the deal directly to the American people, hitting the road to gin up support.