Democrats are scrounging for new ways to pay for Biden's economic agenda, as the Arizona senator moves against tax increases on the wealthy.

Sinema is fundraising abroad while talks around Biden's spending plan stall, partly over her opposition to corporate and individual tax hikes.

Americans earning below $30,000 are among the big winners in the House Democrats' plan. They'll see larger cuts than in the 2017 Republican tax law.

A document circulating among House Democrats says high-earning Americans with incomes over $5 million could see a 3% "surtax."

The brawl could be "ugly as hell," a former Democratic aide said, as former Senate Democrats who are now major lobbyists work to spike his tax hikes.

Democrats are likely to fight over taxes as they assemble a spending package to finance a monthly child allowance and tuition-free community college.

The plan would set up user-fees to tax people rather than corporations. Democrats are likely to oppose it since it's a quarter of Biden's proposal.

Sen. Roger Wicker says Republicans oppose repealing parts of their 2017 tax law. Biden wants to fund his massive jobs plan with corporate tax hikes.

"I'm actually okay at 28%," Gary Cohn told Yahoo Finance last year. That's exactly the rate Biden wants corporate tax rates to go back to, from 21%.

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