Biden willing to accept 25% corporate tax rate to fund spending programs The way I can pay for this, is making sure that the largest companies don t pay zero, and reducing the (2017 corporate) tax cut to between 25 and 28 percent, Biden said during a visit to Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
LAKE CHARLES, La., May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said a corporate tax rate between 25% and 28% could help pay for badly needed infrastructure, suggesting he could accept a lower rate than what he has proposed in his search for Republican support for the funding.
Senator McConnell says he’s trying to better understand the administration’s position on funding for the Land Between the Lakes and acknowledges it may be time to revisit what federal agency should oversee LBL whether that should continue to be the U.S. Forest Service or possibly the National Parks Service or another agency.
McConnell says he and other Republicans he’s spoken with will not support President Biden’s proposed multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bill or the tax increases that would help fund it, but he and others are open to a bi-partisan compromise that focuses solely on infrastructure.
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Birmingham: Declaring the COVID-19 pandemic “absolutely” managed despite lagging vaccinations, Gov. Kay Ivey said Monday that she will end a health order meant to guard against the spread of an illness that has killed nearly 11,000 people statewide. Citing improved infection rates, fewer hospitalizations and more widespread immunizations, Ivey said the current order recommending that people follow health guidance and requiring some precautions for senior citizens and long-term care facilities will end May 31, barring a sharp rise in cases. The declared state of emergency will end July 6, she said in a statement. “For over a year now, Alabamians, like people around the globe, have made sacrifices and adjusted to a temporary ‘new normal.’ We have learned much since last year, and this is absolutely now a managed pandemic. Our infection rates and
Beshear open to easing virus rules before vaccination goal
BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks with reporters following his tour of the UPS Worldport facility in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021. UPS is tone of the primary shippers of the COVID-19 vaccine.Timothy D. Easley/AP
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signaled Monday that he will consider relaxing more coronavirus-related restrictions before the state reaches a key vaccination target.
Nearly 1.85 million Kentuckians have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine slightly more than half the statewide population age 16 and older, the governor said at a news conference. With the state s vaccination rate slowing in recent weeks, several hundred thousand Kentuckians still need to receive the shots before achieving the inoculation threshold set by Beshear.
Gov. Beshear open to easing virus rules before Kentucky s vaccination goal Share Updated: 10:52 AM EDT May 4, 2021 The Associated Press Share Updated: 10:52 AM EDT May 4, 2021
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Show Transcript NUMBERS. THE COVID VACCINES ARE PROVING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE BY CDC STANDARDS, BUT THERE IS NO INOCULATION FOR VACCINE HESITANCY NATIONAL HEADLINES QUESTIONING IF WE CAN REACH HER IMMUNITY A LOT OF PEOPLE OUR NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY’RE SAYING WELL THESE VACCINES ARE NEW BUT WHAT I’VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE IS THAT WE HAVE NOT CUT CORNERS. WE HAVE DONE THE ALL THE SAFETY TESTING. WE’RE WATCHING PEOPLE CLOSELY DR. ROBERT FRANK WAS LEAD RESEARCHER ON THE PFIZER VACCINE AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NOW TESTING COVID-19 VACCINES FOR CHILDREN. IT’S FRUSTRATING BUT THE SAME TIME IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE. I THINK IT’S PHYSICIANS ONE OF THE THING WE HAVE TO BE READY TO DO AND WILLING TO DO IS TO ANSWER PEOPLE’S QUESTIONS. SO HERE ARE S