The White House said on Saturday that Republicans “struggled to articulate a reason” to oppose President biden
Joe BidenJobs’ report increases Biden’s momentum. The White House says the projects are bipartisan, even if the Republican Party does not vote for them$ 2.25 trillion infrastructure plan.
In a White House memo obtained by The Hill, consultant Anita Dunn praised the growing momentum of Biden’s proposal, citing positive reports from securities rating company Moody’s and the growing support of climate experts, economists and others.
Republicans, however, criticized the price of the proposal, arguing that it promotes progressive agenda priorities unrelated to infrastructure.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellWhite House says the projects are bipartisan, even if the Republican Party does not vote for them Officer killed in Capitol vehicle attack identified Night defense: 1 police officer killed, 1 injured after car hit Capitol barrier | Army suspends several military personnel over allegations of sexual assault MORE (Ky.), said on Wednesday that “The last liberal wish list that the White House has decided to label ‘infrastructure’ is a huge opportunity missed by this government.”
Other members of the Republican Party protested Biden’s plan to spend billions on electric vehicles, an increase in corporate taxes and other measures to combat climate change that are included in the proposal.
In Saturday’s memo, Dunn said Republicans have struggled to articulate a reason to oppose a plan that has public support.
“Given the massive support from the public, it’s no surprise that Republicans have struggled to articulate a reason to oppose the president’s plan. And when trying to attack the president’s proposal, Republicans had to flee their own track record of supporting essential investments in our infrastructure, ”wrote Dunn.
“And while President Biden plans to more than pay for that plan by asking big corporations to pay their fair share, Republican lawmakers were quick to defend multinational companies,” continued Dunn.
Biden revealed the plan in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, which aims to repair 20,000 miles of roads, 10,000 bridges, expand broadband access to rural and underserved communities, replace the country’s lead and service pipelines to ensure clean water, invest in research and development and manufacturing and expanding access to home and community-based care.
The president proposes to finance the plan in 15 years, increasing the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%.
Dunn noted that in a recent poll conducted by Morning Consult and Politico, 1 in 2 voters said they had approved an infrastructure plan financed by raising taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations.
But amidst zero support from the Republican Party and a 50-50 Senate, Democrats are likely to have to pass legislation in Congress through budgetary reconciliation, a process that allows the Senate to bypass the 60-vote obstruction.
The Biden government announced this week that it expects the plan to be approved in the summer.