McConnell says 'real chance' Biden, Dems could work with GOP on 'bipartisan' infrastructure bill

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that there is a "real chance" some Democrats and the White House could work with Republicans to pass a "bipartisan" infrastructure bill, a shift from other comments he made this week that Republicans are "100%" focused on stopping President Biden.

"There's a group of 10 of my members… who put together a $600 billion proposal. Roads, bridges, ports, water lines, broadband," McConnell said. "There are 10 or so Democrats who look at it the same way. So this is a proposal that could pass on a bipartisan basis." He added: "I think the administration will probably think of this as plan B. In other words if they can't pass their $4.1 trillion bill, which they'll have to do Democrats-only, if they're not able to get everybody behind the massive proposal, then I think we've got a real chance to do something important for the country on a bipartisan basis."  Those comments follow a response earlier this week that the minority leader gave to a question about drama unfolding in the House surrounding Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.