President Biden is scaling back his 'build back better' plans. Meeting with Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday, he outlined a $2 trillion government-overhaul package - a smaller, more workable proposal that can unite the party.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a progressive caucus member, said Biden urged the lawmakers to “get something done now” to show U.S. leadership on climate change on the global stage.A key holdout on Biden’s proposals, conservative Sen.
Other climate-change-fighting proposals being considered are a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels such as oil and coal or a methane emissions fee — though Manchin told reporters earlier in the day that a carbon tax was not in the mix. On other fronts, Biden and the Democrats appeared to be more readily coalescing around a slimmed-down package.
What had been envisioned as a months-long federal paid family leave program could be shrunk to as few as four weeks. Expected to still be included in the package are new subsidies to help families afford child care as well as increased subsidies put in place during the pandemic for people who buy their own health insurance.
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