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The Democrats and Republicans on the deficit reduction ‘Super Committee’ remain hundreds of billions of dollars apart, just weeks shy of the Thanksgiving deadline. And that’s not the only action on the economy this week. They’ll also vote on an infrastructure plan, which would provide funds to repair roads and bridges, with money raised from higher […]
The Democrats and Republicans on the deficit reduction ‘Super Committee’ remain hundreds of billions of dollars apart, just weeks shy of the Thanksgiving deadline. And that’s not the only action on the economy this week. They’ll also vote on an infrastructure plan, which would provide funds to repair roads and bridges, with money raised from higher taxes on millionaires. The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich fills in the details.