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Manchin could be responsible for 15 million people losing Medicaid coverage this year

Right now, there are nearly 77 million non-elderly people who have health coverage through Medicaid, the federal/state partnership program to provide coverage to disabled Americans, and low-income …

Mon Feb 7, 2022

Progressives fight to keep Biden’s vision alive, Manchin gets big corporate reward for tanking it

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) made what, in retrospect, was a strategic error last Nov. 5. Their leader, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, in negotiations with Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair …

Wed Feb 2, 2022

Biden, Democrats start salvage on Build Back Better, as Manchin says they’ll have to start all over

The Senate bounced back after Wednesday’s historic session with an appeals court confirmation and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer teeing up another 20 confirmation votes for when the Senate returns on …

Fri Jan 21, 2022

Build Back Better needs to get back on track

Riding high after his work helping Republicans dismantle democracy, Sen. Joe Manchin has imperiously declared that President Joe Biden is just going to have to start over in getting his support on the …

Thu Jan 20, 2022

Democrats stymied as Manchin holds the key to doing anything to help them get reelected

Frustrated front-line House Democrats desperately need to pass some part of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan to have something to run on in 2022. They’re pushing for BBB to be split …

Tue Jan 18, 2022

Schumer postpones filibuster, voting rights fight to next week

It was the perfect storm for the Senate on Thursday, resulting in disaster for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s plan to have a showdown over the filibuster and voting rights and elections reforms by …

Fri Jan 14, 2022

Manchin's fealty to big coal becoming crystal clear to the mineworkers he used to court

If Joe Manchin’s colleagues are losing patience with him, imagine what it’s like to be a citizen of West Virginia, counting on him to represent you. As far as Manchin is concerned, though, not all …

Mon Jan 10, 2022

Build Back Better still on shaky ground as Manchin manufactures more excuses to oppose it

Senate Democrats are still regrouping from the defection of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who not only tried to tank President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan last month, he went on Fox …

Tue Jan 4, 2022

Manchin gangs up with Republicans to end critical help to American families

“It’s going to be hard next month, and just thinking about it, it really makes me want to bite my nails to the quick,” Anna Lara told The New York Times in December. She’s talking about the end of the …

Mon Jan 3, 2022

Democrats see glimmer of hope in ongoing talks with Manchin on Build Back Better

Senate Democrats held a “Zoom caucus” Tuesday night, and the big question was whether Sen. Joe Manchin would attend. He did, but little progress seemed to be made, according to various sources to CNN …

Thu Dec 23, 2021

Mine workers tell Manchin they’re depending on Build Back Better, and voting rights, too

There appear to be a couple of big hurdles for Sen. Joe Manchin to agree to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan. Both highlight Manchin’s incredible selfishness and corruption. One big one is …

Wed Dec 22, 2021

Get ready for the ‘Manchin slowdown’

The first thing that broke after Sen. Joe Manchin announced his opposition to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, ostensibly because of his economic concerns, was news that Goldman Sachs …

Tue Dec 21, 2021

Democrats don’t have to play nice with Manchin anymore

The latest antics from Sen. Joe Manchin, going on Fox News to stab President Joe Biden and the whole of the Democratic House and Senate in the back, further complicates an already hairy legislative …

Tue Dec 21, 2021

Democrats should take a lesson from Obamacare, and frontload the popular Build Back Better stuff

The latest NPR/Marist poll, not to mention their very own recent experience, should make Democratic lawmakers and President Joe Biden reconsider their approach to Build Back Better (BBB) and the …

Fri Dec 10, 2021

Schumer pushes to finish Build Back Better while Republicans, Manchin, and Sinema balk

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer informed Senate Democrats Monday that it’s full steam ahead on passing Build Back Better in the next two weeks. ”[O]ur goal in the Senate is to pass the …

Mon Dec 6, 2021

The traditional media is abetting Manchin, Sinema in torpedoing Biden’s agenda

A large group of advocacy organizations has penned an open letter to “Reporters, Editors, Producers, and Anchors” pleading with them to actually try to inform the public about the Build Back Better …

Sat Dec 4, 2021

Joint Committee on Taxation issues important correction: BBB raises taxes on very wealthy

The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation tweeted out this low-key correction to its previous analysis on the House’s Build Back Better bill and the tax provisions included in it. “The staff of the …

Tue Nov 23, 2021

House Democrats urge Senate to ignore parliamentarian on immigration in Build Back Better

When the House passed their Build Back Better bill last week, they included a compromise immigration proposal to establish legal protections for millions of immigrants. What’s missing from that …

Tue Nov 23, 2021

Biden, Democrats want to start fixing the care crisis in Build Back Better

There are about 800,000 people, elderly and disabled, who qualify for subsidized home care on waiting lists to get that care. Some will end up in nursing homes, where they don’t need to be and where …

Tue Nov 23, 2021

Manchin, Sinema chase after Republican mega-donors and betray their impoverished states

While President Joe Biden is attempting to undo four years of Trumpish and decades of inequality, Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are being rewarded by Republican mega-donors for the …

Tue Nov 23, 2021