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INFRASTRUCTURE PATH UNKNOWN: Senate Republicans continue to meet with President Biden in an attempt to broker a bipartisan infrastructure package. President Biden and Senate Republicans go back and forth on how to pay for, and how much to invest in infrastructure.
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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
For the past two months, we’ve heard plenty of discussion about President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan and the American Family Plan. The back-to-back legislative punch offered the President an opportunity to lay out his many priorities including infrastructure and tax changes, but also expanded into funding climate priorities and broadband. Democrats could push through a partisan process in another reconciliation later this year, but for now there’s some hope bipartisanship can bring a more tailored approach with an infrastructure-focused bill possibly on the summer docket.
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JPMorgan Chase said Friday that it will refrain from donating to Republicans who voted to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory even as it prepares to resume its political contributions overall.
The bank was one of many that paused its political donations in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack, where a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s win. JPMorgan announced its decision in an internal memo that was first reported by Reuters.
In the hours after the attack, 147 congressional Republicans voted to overturn Biden’s wins in Arizona and Pennsylvania. House Republicans also sought to overturn Biden’s wins in Nevada, Georgia and Michigan, but no Senate Republican joined them.
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