The pizzas have arrived in the Senate basement where the bipartisan gang of 10 senators are trying to hash out infrastructure Plan B after Capito talks failed.
This could mean a long night.
5 Pizzas from We The Pizza.
Nothing happens without the people sitting in this basement office eating We The Pizza.
You can’t do reconciliation without the 5 Dems.
Need an agreement plus at least 5 more Rs to reach any bipartisan deal.
Potentially trillions at stake.
One of the pizzas is Buffalo chicken.
Buffalo chicken doesn’t sound like a real pizza to me.
A lot of staffers have exited the meeting.
Manchin and Tester have left meeting. Making positive small talk about prospects before elevator closes.
Conservatives in Congress including Mike Pence back in the day made stopping marriage equality a key plank —press conferences, floor speeches, press releases, bills filed and cosponsored.
It's been years I think since I've seen anyone in Congress even mention the issue.
McConnell today says he hopes for deal with Biden of "maybe" $1T but wants it "fully paid for" and suggests redirecting aid Biden already sent to states in his COVID package...
There’s potentially a $100B difference in taxes Jeff Bezos and his estate would pay under GOP tax proposal and the Biden tax proposal.
The biggest difference is most Senate Republicans have proposed to completely eliminate the 45% estate tax on net worth larger than ~$11 million. Bezos’ net worth is estimated at about $188 billion.
Biden has also proposed eliminating the 100% tax break on capital gains at death. The lost step-up on basis would potentially tax Bezos’ estate more than any other person, because his wealth is largely a never-taxed, unrealized cap gain on Amazon stock.