Senators say White House counselor Steve Ricchetti was critical in the close of infrastructure negotiations. Now, he just needs to clear several more major hurdles.
But what Tester viewed as a virtue — from the beginning, the senator said, Ricchetti wanted to get to “yes” — others viewed as a liability. Among progressives, the concern was that the former lobbyist’s “low-key” and “soft-spoken” style resulted in too many concessions simply for the sake of keeping talks moving between the parties. And for a number of Democrats in both chambers, the negotiating process Ricchetti has been a part of has often proved frustrating.
At one point Portman threatened to leave funding for public transit out of the deal, according to a GOP source with knowledge of the conversations with Ricchetti. Ultimately, the deal included $39 billion for public transit — a notably smaller sum than the nearly $49 billion in the original framework agreement announced in June.
“[Ricchetti’s] listening, and we've provided paper, and we had a list of suggested and least minimal changes they could make in the bill,” said DeFazio, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. “I have no idea if any of that was adopted.” For DeFazio, this was a nuisance. The congressman said that “the subject matter experts” in both the Senate and House should be writing the deal “as opposed to the three people who wrote the bill who know nothing about transportation.”
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