Vice President Kamala Harris indicated in a « 60 Minutes » interview out Monday that she could get her economic policies through a Republican-controlled Congress.
Vice President Kamala Harris indicated in a CBS News « 60 Minutes » interview Monday that she could get her economic policies through a Republican-controlled Congress, despite the potential for opposition from Republican lawmakers to her proposed tax breaks that drive up the federal deficit.
In a clip of the interview released Monday, « 60 Minutes » correspondent Bill Whitaker pressed Harris on how she would pay for the policies, which include tax breaks for small business owners, parents and first-time homebuyers.
« How are you going to get this through Congress? » Whitaker asked.
« You know, when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I’m talking about because their constituents know exactly what I’m talking about; their constituents are those firefighters and teachers and nurses », the vice president responded.
The « 60 Minutes » interview, which aired in full Monday night, is the second time in recent weeks Harris has been asked to describe how she would fund her policies.
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle asked her in an interview last month, « If you can’t raise corporate taxes, or if GOP takes control of the Senate, where do you get the money to do that? »
« Well, but we’re going to have to raise corporate taxes. And we’re going to have to raise — we’re going to have to make sure that the biggest corporations and billionaires pay their fair share », answered Harris.
