FOLLOW US

After being formally sworn into the Oval Office, President Biden talked about unity and ending partisan bickering. With months in the White House, this president has refused countless chances to heal partisan divides and unite Republicans and Democrats.

The Biden administration ignored Republican lawmakers by colluding with the Democrats to pass a $1.3 trillion spending package earlier in the year. This spending package is currently funding ongoing unemployment benefits which hinder returns to work and trigger labor shortages.

Infrastructure presents another opportunity for the Biden administration to work with Republicans. However, GOP lawmakers are now warning that this president is yet again turning down another shot at bipartisanship.

The latest on gridlock between President Biden and Republicans

At this time, GOP lawmakers in Washington D.C. are trying to work with Democrats on an infrastructure bill.

Several weeks ago, Democrats presented an expensive infrastructure package that has little to do with real infrastructure; instead, leftist lawmakers used infrastructure as a front to pay for their pet projects. After being called out on this, leftist lawmakers like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand attempted to redefine the meaning of infrastructure.

Later, Republicans submitted a less expensive and more focused package that truly prioritizes infrastructure. Unfortunately, however, Democrats are not cooperating. According to GOP Sen. Tim Scott, Democrats are trying to sneak a 28% corporate tax rate into the "infrastructure" package; Scott also pointed out that only 6% of Biden's spending bill focuses on bridges, roads, etc.

GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has a similar outlook. Capito maintains that bipartisan work on infrastructure has happened in the past and can happen again; however, it involves Biden's willingness to come to the table and be serious about what infrastructure is truly all about.

A partisan president of the United States

Republicans continue to remind Biden of his promises to be a president for "all" Americans. Thus far, Biden has adopted one partisan position after the other; infrastructure is merely one of several examples.

When Biden shut down Keystone Pipeline, Republicans and even a few Democrats came out against it. Now, the U.S. is in the middle of a pressing Colonial Pipeline crisis. On gun policy, the Southern border, and more, Biden has chosen partisanship over bipartisanship time and time again.