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\"I'm not happy with what she said,\" Portman said later. \"It's inconsistent with the agreement that we have on a bipartisan basis.\"

NEW: @senrobportman tells @gstephanopoulos, \"I'm not happy\" with @SpeakerPelosi's plan to hold off on a vote for the bipartisan infrastructure package.

GS: \"Does that mean we'll end up with nothing?\"

Portman: \"If she has her way, we could.\" https://t.co/GmUdzEVvv1 pic.twitter.com/6EUv93e13v

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) July 25, 2021

\"Does that mean we'll end up with nothing?\" Stephanopoulos asked Portman.

\"If she has her way, we could,\" Portman responded. \"I can't believe the speaker of the House would be blocking it.\"

Negotiators told ABC News the bipartisan infrastructure package could be ready to vote on again as early as Monday. Portman emphasized the popularity of the bill.

\"Eighty-seven percent of the American people think we should do a bipartisan infrastructure package. It's the right thing to do. Every president in modern times has talked about it,\" Portman said.

Portman also rejected criticism that the negotiations on the bill are not truly bipartisan.

\"The Wall Street Journal weighed in against the deal yesterday on their editorial page -- It says, taking the \"bi\" out of bipartisan. And they write: What's striking about the deal so far, however, is that by all appearances, this will be the most one-sided bipartisan deal in decades,\" Stephanopoulos said.

\"Every single one of the issues has been bipartisan in the sense there have been Republican views and Democrat views and we found a way to find common ground, which is exactly what ought to happen,\" Portman responded.

.@senrobportman on infrastructure deal: \"Every single one of the issues has been bipartisan in the sense there have been Republican views and Democrat views and we found a way to find common ground, which is exactly what ought to happen.\" https://t.co/J18i2RxIXT pic.twitter.com/wxsBZgxzls

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) July 25, 2021

Stephanopoulos also pressed Portman on why the Republicans are threatening not to vote in favor of raising the debt ceiling when they did so three times under former President Donald Trump.

The debt ceiling suspension is set to expire on July 31. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Punchbowl News on Wednesday, \"I can't imagine there will be a single Republican voting to raise the debt ceiling after what we've been experiencing,\" despite a warning from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that failure to raise the debt ceiling would have \"catastrophic economic consequences.\"

\"Under every president there is a discussion of how you actually -- if you're going to raise the debt ceiling, how -- how to use something to affect the debt, particularly the long-term debt of this country,\" Portman responded. \"And I think we ought to have that discussion.\"

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