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Biden Pushes Infra Plan Ahead Of Governors Meeting

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Ahead of his virtual meeting with six state governors later today, President Biden's account tweets on the administration's multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plan: "The American Rescue Plan has allocated $ 39 billion to address the child care crisis caused by COVID-19 so that parents who need to can return to work. The American Families Plan would ensure access to high-quality, affordable child care beyond the pandemic. Let's pass it."

  • The virtual meeting between Biden and a bipartisan group of state leaders - from Ohio (R), Utah (R), Massachusetts (R), Maine (D), Minnesota (D) and New Mexico (D) - is ostensibly focused on increasing the take-up of COVID-19 vaccines following a drop off in the rate of inoculations.
  • However, the president is almost certain to seek to convince reluctant state leaders of his administration's significant expenditure plans, with Congressional leaders still arguing over how to pay for the investments and the proposed roll-back of Trump-era tax cuts.

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