President Biden
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The group, which consists of five Democrats, four Republicans and one independent, includes Sens. John Hickenlooper
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Hoeven, King, Romney, Shaheen and Crist were all former governors, and Cleaver, Giménez, Granger and Torres are all former mayors.
Hickenlooper was previously the governor of Colorado and mayor of Denver.
“These former state and local elected officials understand firsthand the impact of a federal investment in rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure on their communities,” the White House said Sunday evening.
Monday marks the second time that a bipartisan group of lawmakers has met with Biden to discuss infrastructure. Last week, he met eight members of Congress in the Oval Office for nearly two hours.
Biden last month unveiled his $ 2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal, under the brand name American Jobs Plan, which he says will increase America’s competitive advantage on the world stage and create well-paid middle-class jobs.
The proposal calls for the repair of 20,000 miles of roads and 10,000 bridges, expansion of broadband access to rural and disadvantaged communities, replacement of all of the country’s lead pipes and service lines to ensure clean water, investment in research and development and production, and expansion of access to home care and community care.
The money allocated would be spent for eight years. To pay for the package, Biden proposes raising the corporate tax rate to 28 percent, which, according to the White House, will pay for investments over 15 years.
However, the plan has received mixed reviews on Capitol Hill. The proposal includes a number of family care provisions and other fundamentals outside of conventional infrastructure measures, in addition to major corporate tax increases, which Republicans oppose. Members on the right are also concerned about the size of the package.
Members of the Democratic caucus, meanwhile, are at odds with liberals urging Biden to get bigger, while moderates are more cautious about the corporate tax hike and the political backlash it could cause.
As a result, Democrats are considering splitting the massive package into two smaller ones, one targeting conventional infrastructure projects, which the party leaders believe will have a better chance of success with bipartisan support, and the other targeting family care facilities and other various fundamentals, which have received pushback from Republicans.
House speaker Nancy Pelosi
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