Business groups aim to divide Democrats on $3.5T spending bill
Business lobbyists are increasingly optimistic that they can water down tax hikes and other measures in Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan opposed by corporate America.
Their confidence was boosted last week by an agreement struck between Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and 10 centrist House Democrats that ensures a Sept. 27 vote on the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate earlier this month. |