Biden to Pitch Sweeping ‘Family Plan in Speech to Congress Biden will lay out a sweeping proposal for universal preschool, two years of free community college, $225 billion for child care and monthly payments of at least $250 to parents Wednesday night By Jonathan Lemire and Josh Boak •
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Marking his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden will use his first joint address to Congress to pitch a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education that would fundamentally transform the role government plays in American life.
Biden will make his case Wednesday night before a pared-down gathering of mask-wearing legislators due to coronavirus restrictions and in a U.S. Capitol still surrounded by black fencing after insurrectionists protesting his election occupied the very dais where he will stand.
Democrats are among the doubters of Joe Biden s plan to tax the rich
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Joe Biden s plan is expected to contain a near-doubling of the tax rate on capital gains and dividends for people earning more than US$1 million. Photo / AP
Joe Biden s plan is expected to contain a near-doubling of the tax rate on capital gains and dividends for people earning more than US$1 million. Photo / AP
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By: James Politi, Lauren Fedor, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Michael Mackenzie In April 2011 Barack Obama invoked the support of Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor, to try to persuade Congress to impose a minimum 30 per cent tax on Americans earning more than US$1 million ($1.3m)
US Vice President Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON: When President Joe Biden named Kamala Harris as his running mate, there were whispers about her ambition would a former rival be a loyal soldier to a president she so sharply criticized on the campaign trail?
Fuelling those whispers was their relationship while cordial, it was initially not particularly close.
But 100 days into Biden s term, things look very different. Harris has become one of the administration s most prominent advocates for Biden s agenda, standing alongside him at most of his major announcements and building a relationship that aides say is closer than most presidents had with their seconds-in-command.
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RANCHI: Congress, a constituent of the ruling Mahagathbandhan faction in the state, on Tuesday appealed chief minister Hemant Soren to extend the weeklong lockdown by seven days to curb the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the state.
With two days left for the ‘health safety week’ to come to an end, sources in the state government hinted the duration might be extended but a final call will be taken by Soren.
Congress spokespersons Alok Dubey and Lal Kishorenath Shahdeo in a statement said, “Going by the current spate of Covid cases, extension of the current lockdown is the need of the hour.”