Biden announces bipartisan deal on infrastructure after meeting with GOP and Democratic senators

President Biden signed off Thursday on a bipartisan agreement crafted by 10 senators that would pump hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending into infrastructure projects across the country — handing him, if it survives congressional approval, a significant cross-party achievement.“We have a deal,” Biden said Thursday alongside the five Democrats and five Republicans who had negotiated for weeks on a package to revitalize the nation’s road and transit systems, while upgrading broadband and investing in other public-works projects.Biden spoke during an impromptu appearance on the driveway outside of the West Wing of the White House after a shorter-than-expected meeting with senators, in which he delivered his formal endorsement of the proposal crafted by Sens. Schumer (D-N.Y.) nor Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have endorsed the bipartisan agreement, although Schumer said Wednesday night that he is generally supportive of its concepts.A significant challenge will be ensuring that enough Democrats get on board to pass one of Biden’s chief domestic policy achievements into law, even though many are concerned that liberal priorities will get left behind by advancing an infrastructure package with Republican support.Liberal Democrats have fretted for months that such a package would drain momentum from the White House's push to expand spending programs on social programs and climate change, as well as its plans to raise taxes on the rich and corporations.