In a stark reality check, Biden suggested talks could drag to the end of the year.
Plus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorize Pfizer vaccine booster shots for millions of Americans.says that talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have hit a “stalemate" in Congress as he made the case for his expansive effort to recast the nation's tax and spending programs and make what he sees as sweeping, overdue investments.
Biden said the process is “going to be up and down” but ”hopefully at the end of the day I'll be able to deliver on what I said I would do."taxes Pelosi promised House moderates last month that by this Monday, the chamber will consider the infrastructure bill, centrists' top priority. Pelosi also told reporters that “the plan” was for her chamber to consider the $3.5 trillion package next week as well. It remained unclear how House-Senate bargainers would solve their differences over that bill that quickly.
”It’s about paying your fair share, for lord’s sake,” Biden said. “There clearly is enough, from a panoply of options, to pay for whatever it is.”
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