Biden, in Pennsylvania, Details $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
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April 2, 2021, 1:00 p.m. ET1 hour ago
“It is not a plan that tinkers around the edges,†President Biden said of his proposal to fix aging bridges, roads, rail lines and utilities. He wants to pay for it by raising the corporate tax rate to 28 percent, from 21 percent.
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