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Democrats Prepare to Tackle Biden’s $2.25 Trillion Infrastructure Proposal
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0:52Now PlayingDemocrats return to Washington Monday to begin considering President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion spending and tax proposal as party leaders sort out how ambitious a package they can push through Congress with the slimmest of majorities.
The decisions will largely fall to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on how to package Biden’s proposal, which rivals the scope of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. In addition to the American Jobs Plan, focused on infrastructure and some social measures, Biden is expected to ask for another massive investment in programs focused on health and families.
The president plans to meet with a bipartisan group of centrist lawmakers on Monday as part of his pitch to support initiatives that he said would address inequality, strengthen the U.S. economy and rebuild the country’s infrastructure. The difficult part will be selling Republicans -- and some Democrats -- on his call to increase taxes on corporations to offset the massive cost.
The House and Senate will proceed on parallel tracks, with committees starting to write and vote on transportation and taxation provisions in the coming weeks. Backroom talks between the White House and congressional leaders will determine whether the plan will be broken into several bills or move as one massive package.
Democrats must navigate procedural hurdles, pressure from progressives for even bolder action, broad opposition from Republicans and concern from centrist Democrats like West Virginia’s Joe Manchin that the proposal goes to far. This process will be much slower than the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill Democrats rushed through in March with the unifying pressure of addressing a global pandemic.
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