Deep Dive (April 12): Biden Asks Congress for $1.52 Trillion in Spending Proposal

By Tiffany Meier
Tiffany Meier
Tiffany Meier
Tiffany Meier is a senior anchor, China news reporter, and producer for NTD News based at the network's global headquarters in New York City. Tiffany hosts NTD's prime time show "Tiffany Meier Tonight" as well as "China in Focus." She also co-moderates NTD's special election coverage "The Nation Decides." Tiffany produced the award-winning NTD Original documentary "Hollywood Takeover: China's Control in the Film Industry."
April 12, 2021Updated: April 12, 2021

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle Monday to try and corral bipartisan support for the massive infrastructure package. The package is seeing pushback among lawmakers, particularly in regards to the tax hike.

A new study finds that raising the corporate tax rate and other changes under the infrastructure proposal would cost a million jobs in the first two years. This comes as Biden asks Congress for $1.52 trillion in a spending proposal for 2022.

And what about court-packing? Biden announced a new commission to review the possibility of adding more Justices to the United States Supreme Court. Now there’s debate over Biden’s own past comments. Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer pushed back on the idea of court-packing. He issued a warning to those in favor, saying to “Think long and hard.”

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