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Oct 25 2021
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Manchin Says Spending Bill Framework Could Come This Week
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin told reporters on Monday that a framework for Democrats’ social and climate spending bill “really should be” finished this week. “Having it finished with all the t's and the i's and everything you know crossed and dotted, that will be difficult from the Senate side because we have an awful lot of text to go through. But as far as conceptually we should. I really
Associated Press Fact Check The Hill Washington ExaminerJan 17 2022
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MLK Day Draws Attention to Voting Bills, Filibuster Reform
Martin Luther King Jr. Day drew media attention to the debate around voting access and the filibuster.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that Democrats plan to open debate on voting rights and filibuster reform. Last week, Democratic Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin reiterated their opposition to changing the filibuster, a Senate rule that functionally allows the
The Fulcrum Fox News (Opinion) CNN (Opinion)Dec 16 2021
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Biden's Build Back Better Bill Delayed Amid Opposition
Stalled negotiations between President Joe Biden and a key centrist Democrat will likely delay passage of Biden's $1.75 trillion spending plan until 2022.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a moderate Democrat, has for months been one of the bill's prominent detractors, and his reservations about the spending plan were a primary reason for its pricetag being cut down from the original $3.5
CNBC CNN (Online News) The Daily CallerMar 08 2023
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What Does Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Footage Prove?
Tucker Carlson (Right bias) showed exclusive footage from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot this week, reviving debate and spurring accusations of disinformation.
The Details: Carlson's Monday and Tuesday night Fox News (Right bias) shows featured never-before-seen footage from the riot. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) gave Carlson access to the footage last month.
Key Quotes:
Washington Times The Hill CNN (Online News)Aug 09 2021
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Senate Democrats Release $3.5 Trillion Budget Framework
Senate Democrats released a framework resolution for their $3.5 trillion federal budget plan on Monday, hoping to pass it by the end of the week after the Senate’s final vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. The framework would be built upon by Senate committees this fall and does not include a provision to raise the debt ceiling. Democrats’ plans for the final bill include large
New York Post (News) CNN (Online News) CNBCNov 14 2022
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Democrats Maintain Control of Senate After Masto Wins Nevada
The Democratic Party will maintain a majority in the Senate. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) defeated Republican challenger Adam Laxalt to give the Democrats the needed 50 seats for a majority.
Key Quotes: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tweeted “the American people rejected the anti-democratic, authoritarian, nasty, and divisive direction the MAGA Republicans wanted to
CNN (Online News) Newsweek Breitbart NewsJul 15 2022
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Manchin Reportedly Opposes Key Piece of Biden's Climate Agenda
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) reportedly said "unequivocally" Thursday that he will only back Democrats' major reconciliation package if it includes some key items and excludes others that are core to President Joe Biden's agenda.
Manchin, a crucial swing vote in the evenly-divided Senate, told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) that he wouldn't support the planned climate
Fox News (Online News) The Hill CNN (Online News)Apr 20 2022
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4/20: Will the Senate Decriminalize Recreational Marijuana Nationwide?
In April 2021, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged to “move forward” on loosening federal restrictions on marijuana. Will the Senate legalize weed nationwide in 2022?
According to a March CBS News/YouGov poll, 66% of Americans — including in states where it is still criminalized — want recreational marijuana legalized both in their state and under federal law. While the House
538 (ABC News) Reason ViceNov 14 2022
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Bipartisan Senators Announce Deal to Codify Same-Sex Marriage
A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators said Monday that they had reached a deal to codify same-sex marriage, thanks to an amendment addressing some senators’ religious liberty concerns.
Key Quotes: Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) released a statement on their agreement, saying, “Through
Washington Times LGBTQ Nation The HillJan 11 2022
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Biden Backs Filibuster Reform in Voting Rights Speech
President Joe Biden backed Senate Democrats’ proposed filibuster reforms in a voting rights speech on Tuesday.
Speaking in Atlanta, Georgia at a consortium of historically black colleges and universities, Biden said Republicans had ""weaponized and abused" the filibuster, and voiced support for "changing the Senate rules whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of
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