The party is grappling with uncertainty over a potential billionaire tax and progressive angst over trimming climate change provisions.
" proposal, but skepticism persisted that a deal could be reached quickly amid new uncertainty surrounding a potential billionaires tax and new tensions over climate change.
Manchin has also called for sharply reining in the bill's approach to clean energy. He was accosted Tuesday afternoon outside the Capitol by an environmental activist affiliated with the Sunrise Movement, and some progressive senators are bristling at the thought of adding language that would benefit the fossil fuel industry.
The White House does not expect a significant breakthrough Tuesday, multiple officials said. Biden and his top aides continue to have meetings and calls with lawmakers, officials said, and Biden met with several members of Congress for a closed-door meeting at the White House earlier in the day. But Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., chair of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, voiced uncertainty, saying his members have yet to review the text or scrutinize the proposal.
Two tax proposals with broad support among Democrats are a 15 percent minimum corporate tax and strengthened IRS enforcement to collect more revenue. House leaders are also considering a surtax for people with annual incomes over $5 million or $10 million. Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia are lobbying to include extended Medicaid coverage, which would benefit predominantly Southern states led by Republican governors and GOP legislatures that did not expand the federal program.
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