Bipartisan Reasonable Senators Announce Settlement on Infrastructure Centered on No Tax Will increase for the Rich

A bipartisan group of moderate senators, five Democrats and five Republicans, just announced an agreement on an infrastructure bill aimed not to raise taxes on the rich. The outline of the package would be $ 1.2 trillion, but only $ 579 billion in new spending.

President Joe Biden’s original proposal was a $ 2.3 trillion package that included tax hikes for the richest Americans. After the Republicans refused, he lowered it to $ 1.7 trillion, but the Republicans refused again. Biden came down again, offering a stripped-down $ 1 trillion package that would be paid at least in part by taxing non-federal income tax companies like Amazon.

Republicans again turned it down, and earlier this week President Biden ended negotiations with West Virginia Republican Shelley Moore Capito, saying he would focus on moderate senators instead. The White House was reportedly not consulted on this agreement.

The group of senators includes:

Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Jon Tester (D-MT), Mark Warner (D-VA).

In a statement, they said they “worked in good faith and reached a bipartisan agreement on a realistic compromise framework to modernize our country’s infrastructure and energy technologies”.

“This investment would be fully paid for and not include any tax increases,” which appears to be the aim of the agreement.

NEW: Senate group of 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans says they have reached “a bipartisan agreement on a realistic compromise framework” on infrastructure:

They say the plan would be “paid in full” with no tax hikes pic.twitter.com/T3Il67bp72

– Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) June 10, 2021

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