Biden To Unveil Sweeping Human Infrastructure Bill In First Major Address To Congress

April 28, 2021
President Joe Biden (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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April 28, 2021

President Biden will throw the full weight of his presidency behind a sweeping $1.8 trillion “human infrastructure” proposal during an address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night.

Dubbed the “American Families Plan,” it is an ambitious package that would dramatically strengthen the social safety net. The proposal is a complement to Biden’s “American Jobs Plan,” a package focused broadly on infrastructure that he introduced about a month ago.

With swift mass vaccination success showing signs of easing the COVID pandemic, Biden is expected to stake the rest of his presidency on his twin pillars of a more robust federal presence in American life. He will also, per excerpts released by the White House, address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination campaign to a masked and considerably sized-down crowd.

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The White House is proposing:

  • Universal free pre-K education
  • Paid family and medical leave
  • Two years of tuition-free community college
  • Restoring the IRS's funding levels and bringing capital gains tax rates in line with income taxes
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President Biden will throw the full weight of his presidency behind a sweeping $1.8 trillion “human infrastructure” proposal during an address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night.

Dubbed the “American Families Plan,” it is an ambitious package that would dramatically strengthen the social safety net. The proposal is a complement to Biden’s “American Jobs Plan,” a package focused broadly on infrastructure that he introduced about a month ago.

With swift mass vaccination success showing signs of easing the COVID pandemic, Biden is expected to stake the rest of his presidency on his twin pillars of a more robust federal presence in American life. He will also, per excerpts released by the White House, address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination campaign to a masked and considerably sized-down crowd.

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  1. American Families Plan

    Republicans do not want strong families. They want strong corporations.

  2. I get your drift. I believe what is wanted re the corporations is oppressive, meanspirited, greedy disguised as strong.

  3. Good on Joe, who, presently, is the President of the United States, an Office not held by Donald Trump.

    Go for it.

    That includes being the President of the People of the United States of America…and the PEOPLE want the Infrastructure Plan

  4. Avatar for KalTX KalTX says:

    The GOP has already tanked its own participation in any of that. A group of Republican senators released a document last week committing themselves to a plan that neither raises taxes nor increases the deficit.

    GQP has repeatedly demonstrated no ability to look forward.
    The Party of No has nothing to offer. I have to think people are starting to notice.

  5. Uh-oh. What’s gonna happen if the low-earning Republican base figures out sociamalism = free stuff?

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