A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. House members who are trying to keep alive the hope of a bipartisan infrastructure package said late Tuesday they had agreed to $761.8 billion in new spending over eight years.
Together with $487.2 billion in spending that Congress was already likely to enact, the total would come to $1.2 trillion, according to a House aide. President Joe Biden pitched a $1.7 trillion package in separate talks with a group of Republican senators, which concluded Tuesday without a deal.
The plan by the Problem Solvers Caucus emerged hours after Biden ended that…
