Democrats debate if ‘billionaires tax’ can pay for Biden’s sweeping agenda

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The chairman of the powerful U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday outlined the terms of a Democratic proposal to tax billionaires’ assets to help finance President Joe Biden’s social-policy and climate-change agenda.

But it was unclear whether there was enough Democratic support to pass the proposal presented by Chairman Ron Wyden or a proposed 15% corporate minimum tax on the most profitable U.S. corporations.