Manchin praises GOP infrastructure proposal, backs targeted approach

Sen. Joe Manchin said he would support a more targeted version of President Joe Biden’s sprawling $2 trillion infrastructure package before focusing on other items as part of a separate plan. “I do think they should be separated, because, when you start putting so much into one bill, which we call an omnibus bill, makes it very, very difficult for the public to understand,” the moderate West Virginia Democrat said during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday... Manchin said the GOP plan is “a good start” and that a bipartisan proposal should tackle traditional infrastructure issues, such as repairing roads and bridges. “And they have worked it together. So, we know it has bipartisan support,” Manchin said. “We just have to look to see if we have gotten everything in there that we need. And we will be working on that together. So, I’m very, very pleased with that.”