White House makes $1.7 trillion infrastructure counteroffer — but Republicans say sides now seem further apart

CNBC: White House aides working on a bipartisan infrastructure deal made a counteroffer on Friday to Republican senators, reducing the Biden administration’s initial proposal by $600 billion. “They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD.” Ezekiel 7:19 KJV Within hours, those Republicans threw cold water on the new