Biden touts middle-class values of his $2T spending plan
By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden has arrived in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, ready to emphasize the middle class values of his now-scaled back $2 trillion domestic spending package. His proposal is for an unprecedented federal investment to expand social services for millions of middle-income Americans and tackle climate change. Included are child tax credits, paid family leave, health care, free pre-kindergarten and some $500 billion in clean energy tax credits, loans and grants. Democrats were upbeat Wednesday as they raced to coalesce around the plan. Republicans are fully opposed. That’s leaving Democrats to strike an agreement between their own progressive and centrist members by week’s end.
