WASHINGTON – Government officials are working on a plan for a multi-piece infrastructure and economic package that could cost as much as $ 3 trillion and, according to those involved in the discussions, would be key elements of President Biden’s campaign agenda. can fulfill.
The first proposal would focus on roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects and include many of the climate change initiatives that Mr. Biden outlined in the “Build Back Better” plan he published during the 2020 campaign.
That package would be followed by measures targeting education and other priorities, including extending the recently expanded children’s tax credit due to expire at the end of the year and providing for a universal kindergarten and tuition-free community college, the people said.
The packages could traverse a difficult path through the tightly divided Congress, and the Democrats don’t all agree on how to proceed with their spending and tax proposals. Mr. Biden is expected to be briefed on the details of the proposals this week, and people warned that the strategy is preliminary. Mr Biden would have to sign the legislative strategy in order to proceed.
Some details of the considered strategy were previously reported by the New York Times.