Biden Budget Proposal Outlines Social Spending, Business Tax Hikes
The Biden plan comes as the White House is seeking an agreement with Senate Republicans over infrastructure spending.
ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people designed to pay for his ambitious spending plans.
Biden had already announced his major budget initiatives, but during a rollout Friday he will release them as a single proposal to incorporate them into the government’s existing budget framework, including Social Security and Medicare. That provides a fuller view of the administration’s fiscal posture.
Biden visits Virginia to tout progress fighting COVID-19, salute military families ahead of Memorial Day
By Kelly Hayes
HAMPTON, Va. - President Joe Biden on Friday celebrated progress made in the fight against COVID-19 during a visit to Virginia and later will deliver remarks saluting military families ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
Biden joined Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, at a business in Alexandria to tout the state’s success in the fight against COVID-19. Virginia on Friday eased all social distancing and capacity restrictions amid declining virus cases and widespread availability of vaccines.
In the afternoon, Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, where the president is set to honor military members and their family ahead of the holiday.
President Joe Biden on Friday is set to celebrate progress made in the fight against COVID-19 and salute military families in Virginia ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.
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