Parliamentarians competing to close a bipartisan infrastructure deal earlier this week are facing major obstacles to how much money to pay for public transport, a major Republican negotiator in the group said on Sunday. Said to. The agreement was “about 90% of the way to that point.” “There is one open issue and there is not much response from the Democratic Party,” he said. “It’s about mass transit. Our transit numbers are very generous.” Senate leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. Said he wanted to pass the bipartisan package and the associated $ 3.5 trillion budget plan before the Senate departed for the August recess. He voted last week for a procedural vote to begin discussions on a broader framework, but voted against all 50 Senate Republicans saying they needed to see the full details of the plan. Democrats want to raise about $ 1 trillion in infrastructure agreements to boost public transport, including subways, light rail lines, and buses, in line with President Joe Biden’s original infrastructure proposal. increase. The bipartisan group initially seemed to be in motion. Towards an agreement on more money for transport before an objection by Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey, a top Republican of the Senate Bank, Housing and Urban Affairs Commission, which oversees public transport .. He partially quoted the previous COVID-19 Federal Relief, which had already been allocated to public transport. “No one is talking about transportation cuts,” Toomey said on Sunday. “The question is, tens of billions of dollars are enough, in addition to the significant increase they’re already getting, and that’s a bit of a disagreement.” Usually, spending from the Federal Highway Fund Follows traditional formulas. 80% on the highway and 20% on the transit. Republicans, including Toomy, want to change that, but Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown and Delaware Senator Tom Carper have said they would oppose the deal, if so. “Transit funding is clearly very…