Biden should keep fighting for his 'signature domestic policy achievement,' Democratic senators urge

Weeks after a massively successful policy to fight child poverty lapsed, a group of Democratic senators is making another push to restore it. The policy is the expanded child tax credit, and Sens. …

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 …

Biden announces $27 billion in bridge building, repair now headed to states

The Department of Transportation is rolling out the “historic Bridge Replacement, Rehabilitation, Preservation, Protection, and Construction Program (Bridge Formula Program).” That’s more than $27 …

36 million families won't get a child tax credit check this week, thanks to Sen. Joe Manchin

On Jan. 15, around 36 million households with children won’t get a payment that many had come to rely on over the previous six months. Thanks to Sen. Joe Manchin and every single Senate Republican, …

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 …

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 …

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There is a huge wrench in the works of President Joe Biden’s signature domestic policy agenda and his name is Joe.

Senator Joe Manchin is blocking “Build Back Better” legislation in the …

West Virginians say Joe Manchin betrayed them and still have hope Build Back Better will pass

by Alexandra Martinez

This article was originally published at Prism

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s weekend announcement that he would vote “no” on the Build Back Better bill was a direct blow to …

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 …

The top use of those child tax credit checks Manchin worried would be used for drugs? Food

Sen. Joe Manchin reportedly doesn’t like the expanded child tax credit because parents might use the money to buy drugs. But in reality, he’s getting in the way of parents buying their kids food. …

Fallout from Manchin's Fox News announcement spreads, but get a load of his private reasoning

It’s bad enough that Sen. Joe Manchin went on Fox News on Sunday and announced he was committed to tanking President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. But a report from HuffPost on part of his …

Manchin's latest massive blow to Build Back Better shows him for the bumbling egomaniac he is

Sen. Joe Manchin came up with a new demand to weaken and delay President Joe Biden’s agenda this week, leaving Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin “stunned” as well as “frustrated and disappointed.” …

'I'm afraid,' mother says as expanded child tax credit looks likely to lapse

Since July, the lives of tens of millions of children across the U.S. have gotten better thanks to one simple government program: the expanded child tax credit. The last monthly payment included in …

Lord Manchin's ego will likely stay on display into 2022, as he keeps holding up Build Back Better

Sen. Joe Manchin is giving himself his absolute favorite Christmas present this year: the continuing attention of the media, the president, and congressional leaders as he delays Build Back Better …

Two things are true: Inflation is real, and the media is hyping it and ignoring better economic news

Retail sales rose in October for a third month in a row. October saw strong jobs growth, and Goldman Sachs is predicting a significant drop in the unemployment rate over the next year. Most families …

Big Bird is just the latest piece of children's culture to trigger Republicans

Big Bird. Mr. Potato Head. Dr. Seuss. 

This is not a list of potential Christmas gifts for your young child—it’s a list of things Republicans have gotten very publicly worked up about over the past …

Joe Manchin's current hostages include universal pre-K and affordable elder care

After months of negotiation, and a massive amount of compromise by President Joe Biden and congressional progressives trying to come up with a Build Back Better bill that would get the votes of …

Pentagon gets $24 billion more than it wants, while Joe Manchin wants to take money from kids

There won’t be any peace dividend from the end of the Afghanistan war, not as long as defense contractors and Congress have a say. While Democrats like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema in the …

The nation can’t afford two presidents. Biden has to deal with Manchin

The de facto president of the United States, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, had a busy weekend making decrees about the limits he is placing on the actual president, Joe Biden, in passing his big …

Manchin demands Biden, Democrats make 'Sophie's Choice' among plans for helping working families

Sen. Joe Manchin is feeling pretty damned full of himself these days, dictating to President Joe Biden and Democratic leadership the terms of their plan to revitalize the economy and address economic …