Joe Biden Turns Down Republican Offer of $978 Billion Infrastructure Bill

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Joe Biden Turns Down Republican Offer of $978 Billion Infrastructure Bill

Charlie Spiering 4 Jun 2021

President Joe Biden turned down an offer from Senate Republicans to increase the spending in their proposed infrastructure bill to nearly a trillion dollars.

Sen. Shelley Capito (R-WV) spoke with Biden on the phone Friday, offering to increase their proposed $928 billion infrastructure spending bill by an extra $50 billion.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki noted that Biden was not satisfied with the offer, demanding more spending.

“The President expressed his gratitude for her effort and goodwill, but also indicated that the current offer did not meet his objectives to grow the economy, tackle the climate crisis, and create new jobs,” she said in a statement to reporters.

While Republicans want a more narrow infrastructure bill, Biden wants dramatic spending deals to subsidize wind and solar energy and infrastructure for electric vehicles.

Senate Republicans and the White House also remain at odds over how to pay for the bill, as Biden wants to increase the corporate tax rate to 28 percent. He also proposed a 15 percent minimum tax on corporations like Amazon, enjoying tax loopholes allowing them to pay little or no taxes.

Members of Congress return to Washington, DC, next week for further talks with the president on the infrastructure bill.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/04/joe-biden-turns-down-republican-offer-of-978-billion-infrastructure-bill/

[christian]

If we are going to have crushing taxes to collapse our economy, we have to have TRILLION DOLLAR SPENDING, ANYTHING ELSE JUST WON'T DO.  GOOD GRIEF, SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE BASICS.

[Hoodat]

Next Republican offer should be half that.  And if that gets rejected, halve it again.  Screw what the Dems want.  Stop trying to reason with unreasonable people.