Infrastructure spending, long an issue that has drawn bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, is shaping up to be a clear dividing line in an upcoming congressional primary for one of the nation’s most Republican districts. In West Virginia’s n…
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House members frustrated over ‘toxic’ work environment under Nancy Pelosi
Capitol Hill lawmakers are frustrated this holiday season, arguing that the House under Speaker Nancy Pelosi has become a “toxic” work environment. More than two dozen lawmakers from both parties told CNN that “decorum” in the c…
Manchin slams Biden for tapping strategic oil reserve while pushing ‘short-sighted’ energy policies
The Democratic chairman of the Senate Energy Committee criticized President Biden for tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Tuesday while pushing “short-sighted” energy policies that were contributing to the skyrocketing price of …
Biden push for $2.5B tax break for lawyers spurs accusations of political payoff
Democrats have tucked a lucrative $2.5 billion tax break inside President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill that would benefit the trial lawyers lobby, spurring GOP accusations of political backscratching. The tax break allows tria…
GOP demands probe of federal grants to Democratic operatives to boost voting ahead of 2020
House Republicans are demanding a probe into why federal taxpayer-funded election grants were given to politically connected Democratic operatives during the 2020 cycle. GOP lawmakers on the House Oversight and Reform Committee plan to send a letter on…
House narrowly passes Biden’s multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill, setting up Senate fight
House Democrats narrowly passed a version of President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill on Friday, sending the measure to the Senate where it is likely dead on arrival. In a 220-to-213 vote, the House voted to approve the more tha…
Kevin McCarthy blocks Democrats from passing Biden’s social welfare bill in ‘dead of night’
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy prevented Democrats from expediting the passage of President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill on Friday, just hours after budget hawks warned the measure adds more than $367 billion to the defi…
Nancy Pelosi rushes toward vote on Biden’s social welfare bill despite deficit report
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rushing forward with a vote on President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill, despite budget scorers having determined that it adds $367 billion to the federal deficit. Mrs. Pelosi plans to hold a Thursd…
CBO: Funding for Biden’s social welfare bill comes up more than $367 billion short
President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar social welfare and climate change bill does not fully pay for all of its new entitlement programs, contrary to assertions long made by the White House. An in-depth review of the bill, known as the Build Back…
Nancy Pelosi faces opposition from Rep. Jared Golden over tax cuts for wealthy blue state residents
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing stiff opposition from a key moderate House Democrat over plans to include a lucrative tax break for wealthy blue state residents in President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill. Rep. Jared Golden…