Nineteen Republican senators voted to approve the Biden regime’s infrastructure bill on Tuesday that contains a plan to tax American drivers per mile to pay for the administration’s $1.2 trillion worth of social and economic justice initiatives. Establishment Republicans have long claimed they want to avoid divisive social issues and focus on tax cuts, but could not even deliver on that issue this week when given the opportunity.
Senators Mitch McConnell (KY), Roy Blunt (MO), Richard Burr (NC), Bill Cassidy (LA), Susan Collins (ME), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Kevin Cramer (ND), Mike Crapo (ID), Deb Fischer Lindsey Graham (SC), Chuck Grassley (IA), John Hoeven (ND), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Rob Portman (OH), James Risch (ID), and Mitt Romney (UT) all voted for Biden’s infrastructure package.
As The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday, Biden’s bloated infrastructure bill allocates “$125 million toward exploring the possibility of a federal vehicle miles traveled tax (VMT) by funding the launch of federal, state and local VMT pilot programs.” Tax payments to the federal government on mileage would be calculated quarterly.
As National File reported in March, Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg floated the idea of a mileage tax during an NBC interview, receiving backlash from U.S. motorists…
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