Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) expressed confidence to reporters Wednesday that the White House could impose a border tax on carbon-intensive products even if Coons is not successful in adding it to the Democratic reconciliation package.
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) face an uphill battle on one of their top tax priorities, repealing the cap President Trump put on deducting state and local taxes.
“The top-line seems to be let s keep it under $2 trillion, but the component parts, I mean, there’s a lot of discussion on it,” Kaine said.
The talks are expected to stretch out over the next few weeks with the House out of town until Feb. 22. Democrats are viewing a mid-March expiration of federal unemployment benefits as the unofficial deadline for passing the next coronavirus relief bill.
Democrats are using a proposal from President Biden
But there are already signs of friction.
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Democrats are generally supportive of increasing the minimum wage but there are divisions on how to phase in the increase and what amount to increase it to.