Republicans who supported 'infrastructure' deal likely to face challenges

 Washington Examiner:

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Conservatives made it known they were not happy with the bill that cleared the Senate on Tuesday.

“Today, the Senate voted to advance a trillion-dollar bill that spends just one-tenth of its total on roads and bridges while funding ‘digital equity,’ dysfunctional Amtrak systems, 'green' subsidies, and more,” said Jessica Anderson, Heritage Action executive director, in a statement. “And as last week’s CBO report shows, and as conservatives predicted, the bill is not paid for and instead increases the deficit by more than a quarter trillion dollars.”

“Democrats' $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill is more reckless spending on long-held Democratic priorities like railroads, public transit, and electric charging stations,” said Alfredo Ortiz, president of the Job Creators Network, in a statement. “The bill is infrastructure in name only.”

“It is disappointing to see so many Republicans waste taxpayer dollars without concern,” said Mike Gibbons, one of the Republican candidates running to succeed retiring Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, who voted for the bipartisan bill. “We expect this from Democrats, but it’s clear [that] career politicians, regardless of party, are more interested in cutting backroom deals than addressing our debt.”

Former President Donald Trump was quick to side with conservative activists — and against the GOP governing class. "Nobody will ever understand why Mitch McConnell allowed this non-infrastructure bill to be passed," he said in a statement. "He has given up all of his leverage for the big whopper of a bill that will follow."

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It is a boondoggle wrapped in a patina of infrastructure to sell it.  I don't think conservatives are going to buy it.