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Republican senator urges scaled-down US infrastructure plan

US President Joe Biden is proposing to fund his $2.25 trillion economic programme by increasing taxes for the first time in nearly 30 years. The Biden administration’s ambitious plan to stimulate the coronavirus-hit economy will include investments in infrastructure, cleaner drinking water and green energy. But Republicans in Congress opposing the tax on corporate and high-earners say the sums involved are just too high. Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane reports from Washington, DC, the US. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #PresidentBiden #infrastructureplan #GOP