Senators unveil tax proposal as infrastructure plan faces hurdles in Congress
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A group of Democratic senators wants to overhaul international taxation, introducing a new proposal Monday that would help pay for President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan. The senators are focused on changing three specifics of the 2017 tax law passed under President Donald Trump, claiming the provisions created new incentives to ship jobs overseas and reforms would also be an investment in American workers.
Their proposal comes as the tax debate is about to heat up in Washington as Biden's plan already faces hurdles in Congress, including with some Democratic lawmakers. "Congress needs to ensure mega-corporations pay their fair share to fund critical investments in the American people," said Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden of Oregon. "That starts with ending incentives to ship jobs overseas and closing loopholes that allow companies to stash their profits in tax havens, and, instead, rewarding companies that invest in the United States."Rodeo star Spencer Wright and his wife are making end-of-life preparations for their 3-year-old son after he was found unconscious in a creek, a close family friend said in updates posted on social media and confirmed to CBS affiliate KUTV. The boy had been playing on his tractor before he ended up in the water and a mile downstream.
The launch of Boeing's star-crossed Starliner spacecraft on its first piloted test flight is slipping to at least June 1 to give engineers more time to assess a small-but-persistent helium leak in the capsule's propulsion system, and its potential impact across all phases of flight, NASA announced Wednesday.
Washington — As former President Donald Trump's "hush money" criminal trial in New York proceeds to closing arguments next week, the legal focus is moving south. His attorneys and longtime aide Walt Nauta appeared before Florida federal Judge Aileen Cannon, where they sparred with prosecutors during two contentious, day-long hearings on Wednesday.