Republicans raise early concerns over Biden infrastructure deal

[left-of-center2012]

Senate Republicans are wrestling over their next move on infrastructure after five of their GOP colleagues stood beside President Biden on Thursday to announce a bipartisan deal ...

Several GOP senators are questioning a provision that would provide $40 billion to beef up IRS enforcement, which is expected to generate an estimated $100 billion in new revenue that can be spent on infrastructure.

One GOP senator predicted that senators who are returning to their home states during the July 4 recess will hear complaints about the prospect of an avalanche of IRS audits in the coming years.
“I’m not sure how our people will feel about emboldening the IRS to go after taxpayers,” the lawmaker said.

Sen. Phil Gramm (Texas), recommended at a Senate Republican Steering Committee lunch that senators should keep their fingerprints off of Biden’s ambitious infrastructure spending proposals. Gramm warned that Biden is going to rack up a lot of federal debt .... He told GOP lawmakers that it would be better if they were not part of a spending binge ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/560179-republicans-raise-early-concerns-over-biden-infrastructure-deal

[Johonny]

1. He says "people" but he knows he means "Rich people"

They're perfectly happy with the IRS wasting thousands to extract the extra 100 bucks a poor man owes.

[Autumn]

2. Fuck those assholes. The IRS has always gone after taxpayers,

who they haven't gone after is the so called fucking billionaires and corporations who pay little or nothing.

[LonePirate]

3. Gramm has not served in the Senate since 2002. Did The Hill mean John Cornyn instead?

[spanone]

4. they will not give Biden a win. period.

[SoonerPride]

5. I think the negoiating team had 10 republicans

So they will vote for cloture and the bill will pass.

[PSPS]

6. The last thing crooks want is any move to "beef up" law enforcement.

[lark]

7. Repugs continue their task to destroy the working class is what's true about this.

Also true - they continue to play rope a dope. We'll see how many actually vote for this.