Biden's $1.5 trillion initial budget faces multiple attacks on Capitol Hill

Partisan battle lines are being drawn over President Joe Biden’s $1.5 trillion funding proposal for next fiscal year.

Biden’s domestic spending request in the White House’s “skinny budget” has thrilled Democrats. The party has applauded the president for asking for $769 billion to be pumped into rebuilding the country after the coronavirus pandemic, addressing economic and racial inequality, and tackling climate change.