Democratic leaders and the White House were racing on Wednesday to resolve a number of key disagreements on their expansive social safety net and climate bill before President Joe Biden departs on Thursday for Europe, even as some lawmakers signaled they may not be able to agree on a framework by the end of the… Read More
Democrats met privately on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as they searched for an elusive compromise on a domestic policy and climate package, pressing to resolve crucial disagreements over health benefits, paid leave, environmental provisions and how to pay for the entire plan. As Democrats seek to pacify certain centrist holdouts balking at critical pieces of… Read More
Pivotal Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s scaled-back social services and climate change package. President Biden huddled with the West Virginia Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) at… Read More
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said Friday that Democrats are within striking distance of winning an agreement on President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic social infrastructure agenda. Returning to the Capitol from a White House breakfast with the president, the Speaker said there are “a couple outstanding issues” to iron out in the health care space, but… Read More
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) told reporters this afternoon that Democratic Leadership is trying to get a framework for the large social infrastructure bill, despite the setback on payfors for the bill, in the next 48 hours. As negotiations continue on the package, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said that she’s ready to scrap two… Read More
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) have said they want to get a framework of the party’s pared-down social spending infrastructure package together by the end of the week. What will likely be included are provisions including the child tax credit expansion for one year and pared down Obamacare… Read More
As the House and Senate reconvene this week, both infrastructure bills, voting rights legislation, and the January 6th Commission will be center stage. Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-West Virginia) refusal to support the centerpiece of President Biden’s climate agenda puts the Democrats’ entire infrastructure and social spending agenda at risk. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-New… Read More
The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 p.m. and will proceed to resume consideration of the nomination of Christine P. O’Hearn to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey and will also consider the nomination of Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit…. Read More
The House on Tuesday approved legislation to raise the U.S. debt limit, the final legislative hurdle to averting a first-ever national default that was otherwise expected to occur next week. The bill, passed by the Senate last week, now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature and enactment and he is expected to… Read More
The House will reconvene from its Columbus Day recess briefly today to pass a short-term increase in the debt ceiling to enable the Treasury to continue borrowing money to pay the bills for two months. The measure, the product of a last-minute deal struck in the Senate, offers only a temporary reprieve, and it is… Read More
