The ruling Democratic Party of Japan in the US Senate is preparing to pass the bill by itself, saying that it will realize a 380 trillion yen plan to support childcare and education while the opposition and Republican Party are not expected to agree. have started.
On the 10th, the US Senate passed a bill on a bipartisan 110 trillion yen infrastructure investment plan that President Biden and the Democratic Party have put together in a way that incorporates the claims of the opposition and Republicans.
However, as the bill was criticized mainly by left-wing lawmakers within the party, the Democratic Party's executive office newly added support for childcare and education and climate change countermeasures. He announced a plan to invest 380 trillion yen a year.
The plan also includes a tax increase on companies that the Republicans oppose as a source of funding.
The Democratic Party sees it difficult to get Republican approval for the plan, and on the 11th, in the Senate, a draft budget framework aimed at finally passing the bill with only the votes of all Democratic members. It was voted and passed.
President Biden and the Democratic Party are aiming for establishment from next month after concretely adjusting the amount and contents, but the ruling and opposition parties realized in the infrastructure investment plan by clarifying the stance of forcing fiscal mobilization on an unusual scale. The constant reconciliation mood is likely to recede as soon as possible.