President Biden goes on offense with visit to critical swing district won twice by Trump

Donald Trump not only won Illinois’s 14th congressional district twice, but its Democratic representative, Lauren Underwood, narrowly won reelection last year in a nail-biter after flipping the …

Connecting all of America

The slow, spotty internet access in rural Colorado plagued Steve Hardin for years, foiling his efforts to send emails and pay bills online, but the poor service never irritated him as much as the time …

Biden's veto walk back wasn't about Republicans, it was about Manchin and Sinema

Depending on whom you ask, President Joe Biden either walked back a veto threat last weekend on the bipartisan infrastructure deal, or he caved to Republican forces. Either way, where things stand on …

Biden outplayed Republicans on infrastructure, but it only counts if he gets a reconciliation deal

“We have a deal,” President Joe Biden announced Thursday, celebrating the framework of a bipartisan infrastructure deal worth $1.2 trillion, only about $580 billion of which would be new …

Raising taxes on ultra-millionaires and corporations is only 'radical' to GOP lawmakers

After negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans on a jobs bill collapsed, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed President Joe Biden’s proposal as too extreme. …

Biden's jobs and family plans are broadly popular—but only if people know about them

A Politico/Morning Consult poll this week highlighted one of the challenges the White House still faces in both passing President Joe Biden’s agenda and then getting credit for it with voters …

Schumer and other Democrats start to lower the boom on the Manchin-Sinema bipartisan diddling

If you’re worried about Senate Democrats failing to pass key elements of President Joe Biden’s agenda, you’re not alone.

“The longer we wait, the more anxious we become,” Sen. …

Democrats move ahead with infrastructure hearings, as Biden demands Republicans' homework

President Joe Biden assigned some homework to Senate Republicans last week, demanding they put a real infrastructure plan together so that he and the Democrats working on their legislative bits …

Will Republicans hold President Biden back from fulfilling his promises to Black America?

President Joe Biden would not be where he is without Black voters. Fittingly, he’s made some pretty weighty promises in his plan for Black America. We’re keeping track of them all in a biweekly …

Inflation didn't matter when Trump cut millionaires' taxes, but now that a Democrat's president…

Inflation is defined as the rate at which prices for goods and services are rising. It’s a serious issue that has a real impact on people’s lives. Too big or quick a rise disproportionately harms the …

GOP proposes middle-class tax hike to pay for Biden's wildly popular jobs plan—it's a political gift

President Joe Biden is playing a better hand in negotiations with Senate Republicans on his $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan. How do we know? The fact that Republicans are even at the table. …

Polling proves Biden's proposals are popular. So is raising taxes. Just do it

New polling shows that a majority of Americans support raising taxes on those who can most afford it regardless of where that money will be directed.

This week’s Daily Kos/Civiqs survey asked …

Immediately after White House meeting, McCarthy trashes president as 'Corrupt Joe Biden'

Well, that didn’t take long.

“It’s Kevin McCarthy,” read a campaign text from the House GOP Minority Leader on Wednesday, immediately after he met with President Joe Biden in …

As White House reaches out, Republicans seem determined to kill Biden's jobs plan one way or another

Senate Republicans are reportedly weighing “going bigger" on President Joe Biden’s jobs and infrastructure plan as the White House works to shepherd the plan through Congress, …

Biden's very popular proposals are meeting resistance as some Democrats fret over raising taxes

The initial part of the sausage-making on President Joe Biden’s proposal to invest some $4 trillion in the nation’s future has begun, and the more special interest groups worm their way …

'We can't let up': Biden turns weak jobs report into rallying cry for more stimulus

No American president likes to see a weak jobs report, but the White House in concert with Democrats on Capitol Hill quickly turned Friday’s disappointing April numbers into a rallying cry for …