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Oct 01 2021
News
Infrastructure vote delayed while leaders hash out deal
A vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill was delayed late Thursday night as leaders on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue continue to hash out a deal on President Biden's larger reconciliation package.
Why it matters: Pelosi had promised centrist Democrats she would bring the Senate-passed measure to the floor today, and spent hours negotiating with members in order to
AxiosSep 06 2021
News
GOP seeks to keep spotlight on Afghanistan as Dems advance Biden's $3.5T spending plan
Democrats are aiming to turn the page and focus on advancing President Biden’s domestic agenda this month — but Republicans will be doing everything they can to keep the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in the spotlight.
Republicans are planning to offer amendments related to Afghanistan as Democratic-led committees work to mark up the components of the $3.5 trillion
The HillSep 30 2021
News
GOP Senators Call Out ‘Marriage Penalties’ In Democrats’ Spending Bill
Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and 32 other GOP senators criticized the Democrats’ reconciliation bill Thursday for including “marriage penalties” in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden.
“Current marriage penalties occur when a household’s overall tax bill increases due to a couple marrying and filing taxes jointly,” the letter
The Daily CallerOct 29 2021
Opinion
There’s No Reason for Progressives to Vote for the Watered-Down Infrastructure Bill
The perennial dilemma for congressional progressives has always been that while they have a working moral conscience, their opponents don’t.
This fundamental quandary is at work yet again, as progressives, after gamely holding the line for months on the Democrats’ infrastructure bills, are now coming under intense pressure to swallow another loss, smile, and say thank you. As Senator
JacobinAug 08 2022
Analysis
Dems New Pricing Bill Could Destroy The Generic Drug Market
Generic drug manufacturers are warning that Democrats’ new drug pricing legislation could have a devastating impact on the generic drug market.
Advocates are concerned that a provision in the $740 billion reconciliation package passed by Senate Democrats Sunday, allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies, would undermine competition and long-term
The Daily CallerOct 18 2021
News
Clean energy program likely to be dropped because of Manchin's objections
The Clean Energy Performance Program, the linchpin of President Biden’s proposed climate change legislation, is likely to be dropped from the Democrats’ spending bill because of opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., multiple sources have told NBC News.
The sources say that the program will most likely be removed from the massive spending package known as the “reconciliation bill”
NBC News (Online)Sep 27 2022
News
Manchin faces make-or-break vote on permitting reform
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) faces a make-or-break moment for his top policy priority when the Senate holds a key procedural vote Tuesday on his permitting reform bill, which Republican leaders are working hard to defeat.
The Senate will vote at 5:30 p.m. on a motion to proceed to a House-passed “shell” bill that Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) hopes to use as
The HillJul 10 2022
News
Mitch McConnell Stands Firm on Plan to Kill China Competition Bill as Democrats Push Climate, Obamacare Package
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stood firm Thursday on his promise to kill a China competition bill should Democrats advance efforts to pass a $500 billion climate, Obamacare bill.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) continues to negotiate with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on a revived, yet scaled-down, Build Back Better bill. The effort would spend $500 billion on climate
Breitbart NewsMar 31 2022
Analysis
Dems air anxieties after Biden's brutal NBC poll
Democrats across the political spectrum are panicking about a recent NBC News poll showing President Biden's approval rating at the lowest levels yet — 40%.
Why it matters: Moderate and progressive Democrats, particularly in the House, are fearful of an electoral tsunami this November. They tell Axios they're unsure whether the party can repair the damage in time.
"People are
AxiosJun 21 2021
News
Biden risks break with progressives on infrastructure
President Biden's relationship with his party's liberal base is being tested by a bipartisan framework on infrastructure spending, which has sparked a revolt from progressives such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
The big question is whether Biden will endorse the bipartisan plan, even though many Democrats are
The Hill