from 21per cent to 28per cent the group has looked at other ways to raise revenue biden rejected their idea to allow gas taxes paid at the pump to rise with inflation viewing it as a financial burden on american driversthe broad reconciliation bill would likely include tax increases on the wealthy and corporations so a tension still exists over funding for some republicans and business groupsthe us chamber of commerce came out thursday applauding the bipartisan infrastructure agreement but neil bradley its executive vice president warned that some in congress are trying to torpedo the deal unless they get trillions in additional spendingthese are the kind of tactics that have created the mess we are in today and they must be rejected bradley saidaccording to a white house readout of the wednesday meeting with schumer and pelosi the leaders talked with acting budget director shalanda young national economic council director brian deese and domestic policy council director susan rice and they discussed the twotrack approach the smaller bipartisan deal now emerging and the more sweeping plan of democratic prioritiesschumer said the leaders support the concepts they have heard from the bipartisan negotiationsthe democratic leaders also insisted on the twopart process ahead starting with initial votes in july to consider the bipartisan deal and to launch the lengthy procedure for the democrats proposal now drafted at nearly 6 trillionthe democrats bigger proposal would run through the budget reconciliation process which would allow passage of bidens priorities by majority vote without the need for support from republicans to overcome the senates 60vote thresholdit would require multiple rounds of voting that are likely to extend into falllike pelosi schumer said one cant be done without the otherthats a signal to both parties of the road ahead liberal democrats have been wary of the bipartisan effort because they see it as insufficient and worry it will take the place of bidens bigger planrepublicans are also skeptical of passing a bipartisan bill only to be faced with an even bigger democratic plan