House Democrats are aiming to vote on their social spending package (TEXT) later Thursday, with a Friday vote on the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill, as they race to break an impasse on President Joe Biden’s stalled domestic agenda. Tax-increase provisions in House Democrats’ latest version of their social spending package would raise nearly $1.5 trillion… Read More
House Democrats have amended the social spending framework which makes up President Joe Biden’s economic agenda to include paid family leave, a popular provision that had met resistance from Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and was thought to be removed from the package. The change was announced Wednesday morning in a letter from Speaker Nancy… Read More
Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) raised new doubts on Monday about an emerging compromise on the $1.85 trillion climate change and social safety net bill, warning that he had serious reservations about the plan and criticizing liberals in his party for what he called an “all or nothing” stance on it. Senator Manchin found fault… Read More
Both the House and Senate return later today to Washington looking for major progress on Democrats’ climate and social spending bill, as negotiations kicked into a furious pace through the weekend in hopes of voting early this week. In the Senate there are two votes slated for 5:30 p.m. on appeals court nominees and in… Read More
House Democratic leaders abandoned a third attempt on Thursday to clear a Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill, as progressives held firmly opposed without deeper assurances that a larger package of social benefits will in fact pass. The third punt in a month came after President Joe Biden made a Thursday morning visit to the Capitol to… Read More
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
