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Lee President: Catherine Lee Editor: John Robbins Address: 11122 Bellaire Blvd., Inside C2 Houston, TX 77072 Southern Daily News is published by Southern News Group Daily E-mail: [email protected] Thursday, April 01, 2021| Biden kicks off effort to reshape U.S. econo- my with infrastructure package (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call for a dramatic and permanent shift in the direction of the U.S. economy with a roughly $2 trillion package to invest in tradi- tional projects like roads and bridges alongside tackling climate change and boosting human services like elder care. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds a meeting on infrastruc- ture with members of Congress in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo He also aims to put corporate Amer- ica on the hook for the tab, which is expected to grow to a combined $4 trillion once he rolls out the second part of his economic plan in April. Coupled with his recently enacted $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief pack- age, Biden’s infrastructure initiative would give the federal government a bigger role in the U.S. economy than it has had in generations, accounting for 20% or more of annual output. cy on infrastructure, his plan is split communities of color or air pollution Better” agenda that the administration “dangerously misguided.” aims to introduce. The White House has The effort, to be announced on that affects Black and Hispanic communi- ties near ports or power plants. said a second legislative package is due Wednesday at an event in Pittsburgh, “We strongly oppose the general within weeks. sets the stage for the next partisan tax increases proposed by the ad- Congress will also be asked to put $400 bil- That package is expected to include an clash in Congress where members ministration which will slow the expansion in health insurance coverage, largely agree that capital investments lion toward expanding access to affordable economic recovery and make the home or community-based care for aging an extension of the expanded child tax are needed but are divided on the total U.S. less competitive globally – benefit, and paid family and medical size and inclusion of programs tradi- Americans and people with disabilities. the exact opposite of the goals of It’s aimed at “underpaid and undervalued” leave, among other efforts aimed at tionally seen as social services. How the infrastructure plan,” Bradley families. to pay for them will be a fractious workers in that industry, who are dispropor- said. tionately women of color. issue in its own right. Global aviation industry seeks House of Representatives Speaker Nancy share of U.S. infrastructure pack- Pelosi has signaled that she hopes to pass Biden is ignoring a campaign promise There is $213 billion provided to build and age retrofit affordable and sustainable homes the infrastructure plan by July 4, though to raise taxes on wealthy individu- The hard part: Biden infrastruc- that timeline could easily slip as Dem- als, at least for now, with none of the along with hundreds of billions to support ture-linked tax hikes face hurdles U.S. manufacturing, bolster the nation’s ocrats race to write the legislation and expected increases in the top marginal in Congress agree on details. rate or capital gains tax. electric grid, enact nationwide high-speed The plan would instead increase the broadband and revamp the nation’s water See more stories systems to ensure clean drinking water. The jockeying has already begun, as corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% allies push for inclusion of their priorities and change the tax code to close The plan includes $621 billion SECOND LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE and Republicans signal early concerns loopholes that allow companies to to rebuild infrastructure, such about the package’s size and scope. move profits overseas, according to a COMING as roads, bridges, highways and Biden is moving forward with the massive 25-page briefing paper released by the ports, and a historic $174 billion Moderate Democrats have said the pack- White House. job and infrastructure effort as he navigates investment in the electric vehi- an ambitious timeline to provide enough age should be more targeted to traditional cle market that sets a goal of a infrastructure projects to attract Republi- The plan would spread the cost for COVID vaccines for all adults by the end of nationwide charging network by May and the deployment of pandemic relief. can votes, seeking a return to bipartisan projects over an eight-year period and 2030. policymaking aims to pay for it all over 15 years, a senior administration official said. The White House is also dealing with a rise In many cases, the White House in the number of migrants at the southern Liberal lawmakers want to use the party’s cast those goals in the language border, the fallout from back-to-back mass slim majorities in Congress to tackle Neil Bradley, executive vice president of addressing economic inequities some of the nation’s biggest problems, and chief policy officer at the nation’s shootings and a looming showdown over born of historic racial discrimina- the Senate filibuster. such as climate change and economic largest trade group, the U.S. Chamber tion, such as spending on inter- inequality, with resources that reflect the of Commerce, said while the organi- state highway developments that size of those challenges. zation shares Biden’s sense of urgen- The plan forms one part of the “Build Back English 星期四 2021年4月1日 Thursday, April 1, 2021 C6 CORONAVIRUS DIARY 03/31/2021 Disgusting Hate Crime In New York location. already are thinking about moving back to Asia. They do We are urging New York to not feel safe and they are try their best to catch the guy scared to join public meetings in order to bring justice. now. Mr. Zhao Shaokang, a It is very sad in this pandemic famous Taiwan politician and time that a lot of people are media person, wrote a letter facing this difficulty. The to President Biden to express crime rate is rising all over the his great concern about the nation. All of us as private hate crimes in America. He citizens need to be united and said many of his friends help each other. New York police are in the head before fleeing the investigating a hate crime assault against a 65-year-old Asian woman who was punched and kicked in midtown Manhattan. [email protected] The video showed onlookers not reacting to the attacker. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the brazen attack against the woman disgusting and outrageous Republic of Guiana Honorary consulՄ὘↛፹ at Houston Texas and called on everyone with any information about the LIVE incident to reach out to the police. The individual proceeded to kick the victim multiple times Editor’s Choice Youths, who covered them- selves from head to toe in silver paint to become ‘manusia sil- ver’ (silvermen), as part of their act to make a living, laugh as they ride on the back of a truck in Jakarta, Indonesia. REU- TERS/Willy Kurniawan Yoshia Uomoto, 98, reacts as her son Mark Uomoto and niece Gail Yamada surprise her with their first in-person visit in a year after indoor visitation restrictions due to the coronavirus were lifted at Nikkei Manor, an assisted living facility primarily serving Japanese-American seniors, in Seattle, Washington. Residents who have all been fully vaccinated can visit with family for an hour at a time. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson A wounded person who is fleeing the violence in Myanmar seeks medical treatment at the Thai A mother and her son, migrants from Honduras, walk after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas. REUTERS/ border village of Mae Sam Laep, Mae Hong Son province, Thailand. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun Edgard Garrido A healthcare worker Cats are pic- collects a coronavi- tured at Ernes- rus test swab sample to’s sanctuary from a man, at a for cats in Idlib, temporary shelter Syria. REU- for homeless people TERS/Khalil in New Delhi, India. Ashawi REUTERS/Adnan Abidi English 星期四 2021年4月1日 Thursday, April 1, 2021 C7 Stay Home! BUSINESS Wear Mask! California Has Now Confirmed Two gic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization high-income members of the G-7 nations, a Lancet uity Task Force. Read the full interview. (SAGE) in a statement. “Longer dose intervals commission reported Thursday, after examining the Employers Can Require Workers To Take Vac- Cases Of The South African Strain within the 8 to 12 weeks range are associated with track record of former President Donald Trump. cine • Employers in the U.S. may be allowed to greater vaccine efficacy.” AstraZeneca, which re- Trump “brought misfortune to the USA and the plan- require workers to take a COVID-19 vaccine, U.K. Scientist Says New COVID ported its full-year earnings on Thursday, said it et” during his four years in office, the commission but a new survey suggests most aren’t going the was fixing problems with the manufacturing of concluded, but it also noted that U.S.
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