Congressional Democratic leaders on Monday set themselves on the road to a potential government shutdown and a default on U.S. debt by the end of the month. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New Y…
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Steve Daines demands answers over reports child traffickers among Afghan evacuees
Sen. Steve Daines is demanding answers about the Biden administration’s Afghan evacuation program over concerns it has been subverted by child traffickers. Mr. Daines, Montana Republican, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security on Monday r…
House Dems link debt ceiling vote to hurricane relief, Afghan resettlement seeking GOP support
Democrats plan to rush a suspension of the debt ceiling through the House this week by linking it to hurricane relief and aid to Afghan refugees, hoping to shame Republicans into providing bipartisan support to the debt issue. House Majority Leader Ste…
House Democrats break Biden’s pledge not to double-cross GOP on infrastructure spending
House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio is being accused of breaking a key pledge that President Biden made to Senate lawmakers to secure passage of his bipartisan $1.2 infrastructure bill. Mr. DeFazio, Oregon Democrat, is maneuvering to …
Biden’s ‘long overdue’ tax hikes span from Wall Street to Main Street, from superwealthy to smokers
President Biden’s plan for higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy to pay for his $3.5 trillion social welfare expansion so far includes 40 new taxes. The menu of hikes ranges from doubling the federal tobacco tax to more than $2 per pack to…
Democrats’ push for $50,000-per-year journalist tax credit sparks GOP ‘media collusion’ accusations
Democratic efforts to include a special $50,000-per-year journalist tax break within President Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending package have sparked accusations of “media collusion.” Sen. Ron Johnson argued the tax credit would create a…
Democrats extend timeline to pass $3.5T bill, slowed down by resistance from the party’s moderates
Congressional Democrats are pushing back the timeline to pass President Biden’s $3.5 trillion expansion of the social safety net, shifting strategy in response to intransigence from the key moderate swing votes. Senate Democrats left Washington o…
Marsha Blackburn rips Biden’s ‘redefining’ Taliban as legitimate government: ‘These are terrorists’
Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Wednesday blasted President Biden and his national security team for what the Tennessee Republican calls an attempt to paint the Taliban in a positive light to lessen criticism of a botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mrs…
Democrats tuck reward for union membership inside $3.5T spending plan
House Democrats are planning to use President Biden’s $3.5 trillion social welfare package to boost one of their biggest allies: organized labor. Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee have tucked a deduction for union dues inside the 881-page tax p…
Biden to meet with Manchin, Sinema as $3.5T spending bill hangs in balance
President Biden is courting moderate Senate Democrats to fall in line behind his $3.5 trillion domestic spending package. Mr. Biden will host two key swing votes, Sens. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, at the White House …