Report: Kyrsten Sinema Opposes Tax Increases to Pay for Democrat Infrastructure BillSean Moran 20 Oct 2021
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) opposes many of the tax increases proposed to pay for the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion infrastructure bill, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the Arizona Democrat, a pivotal swing vote in the Senate, told lobbyists that she opposes raising corporate tax rates, high-income individual taxes, and capital gains. The Journal noted that Sinema’s stances on tax increases is pushing Democrats to craft an infrastructure bill that does not include major offsets for the infrastructure bill or the Build Back Better Act.
Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) serve as the two swing votes for Democrats to pass their infrastructure agenda.
Democrats have lowered the spending target for the Build Back Better Act from $3.1 trillion to roughly $2 trillion after Sinema and Manchin have raised concerns about the bill’s enormous price tag. Democrats also hope to spend $1.2 trillion through the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill, or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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