governor greg abbott say the situation that now needs disaster relief apparently, is president biden s fault but democrats like house speaker nancy pelosi blame former president trump while joining biden in refusing to label it a crisis. the biden open border policies that are inviting even more illegal immigration and actually have created this humanitarian crisis. this is a humanitarian challenge to all of us. what the administration inherited is a broken system at the border and they re working to correct that in the children s interest. it is entirely you cannot notice the administration changes and there is a surge. the 11-year high for crossings without documentation at the border was in the middle of trump s presidency. is idea it is joe biden s election that prompted more people to show up is belied by the actual facts. harris: more now. kevin mccarthy is leading a delegation of one dozen republicans to the southern border today. casey stiegel is live along th
might you go about paying for some or all of that. democrats right now are talking in part about potentially raising taxes on both the highest of earners and on corporations as well. the white house press secretary, jen psaki, was asked today if there s any concerns about raising taxes and whether or not that could be a drag on the economy. the president remains committed to his pledge from the campaign. nobody making under $400,000 a year will have their taxes increased. his priority and focus has been on people paying their fair share. also focusing on corporations that may not be paying their fair share either. that remains his overarching approach, but there s not a package that we re talking about pay-fors yet. meantime on capitol hill, nancy pelosi has made it clear that tax hikes are on the table. we ll look at everything. we ll look at the tax code, bonding in terms of build america bonds enables us to do so much in our package under president obama and vice pre
The new-issue calendar is led by the New York Transportation Development Corp. with $1.5 billion of green AMT special facilities revenue bonds for the John F. Kennedy International Airport New Terminal One project,
Legislation reintroduced by US Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) has the potential to significantly expand the use of tax-exempt municipal bonds while creating a new "direct pay" bond.