GOP eyes new strategy to derail Biden infrastructure plan

Graham said he has been in discussions with his staff about how to use the Byrd Rule to block components of Biden’s infrastructure plan if Democrats pursue the budget reconciliation process, allowing them to sidestep a likely GOP filibuster. At the top of the Republican target list is a section of Biden’s proposal related to legislation that would make it easier for unions to organize — a top Democratic policy goal after Amazon soundly defeated a union drive at an Alabama warehouse this spring... “A lot of this infrastructure stuff hasn’t been adjudicated in the past,” said James Wallner, a former Senate GOP aide and Senate rules expert. “What’s interesting about reconciliation now is that it’s being used for purposes completely unrelated to what reconciliation was intended for,” he said. “No one is under the illusion that the reconciliation process is being used for purely fiscal policy reasons anymore. It’s a way to get around the filibuster.”