Biden social spending package discussions to continue with auto CEOs Barra and Farley
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The CEOs of top American automakers and other heads of industry are expected to meet at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the future of President Biden's proposed social and climate spending package, a person familiar with the meeting plans told CBS News.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ford CEO Jim Farley are expected to attend the meeting, the source added. These two leaders of two of the three big auto manufacturers in the U.S. are expected to advocate for tax credits for electric vehicles and the infrastructure to support them. The original Build Back Better proposal included around $12,500 in tax credits for buyers of new and used electrical vehicle purchases.
GM on Tuesday announced a $7 billion dollar investment into four facilities for electric vehicle production in Michigan. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a close ally of Mr. Biden's, said her state will be "leading the way in electrifying."
Earlier this week, Rev. Greg Lewis, an assistant pastor at St. Gabriel's Church of God In Christ in Milwaukee, physically carried one of his parishioners to the polls inside the city's Midtown early voting center to cast a ballot in Wisconsin's upcoming Democratic primary. Supported by crutches and the pastor himself, the disabled man was one of many residents Lewis has helped vote this cycle.
Around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed when a cargo ship lost power and crashed into it. Officials were able to prevent cars from driving onto the bridge just before the accident, but eight construction workers remained on the structure and plummeted into the river below. Here's how the events unfolded.