JeffMerkley

Morning Digest: New York Democrats' new map could halve the state's GOP delegation

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James …

Tue Feb 1, 2022

The easy trick Democrats have to save democracy, and the Senate, if Manchin & Sinema let them

Despite what you might be hearing from Republicans and Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, the proposal Senate Democrats will advance for reforming the filibuster to pass voting rights is carefully …

Wed Jan 19, 2022

Schumer, Menendez lead senators in slamming 'cruel treatment' and 'summary deportations' of Haitians

A letter from a coalition of senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Menendez has become the latest condemnation of the Biden administration’s …

Tue Oct 12, 2021

Democrats flirt with ending the filibuster on the debt ceiling. Finally

The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday afternoon to increase the debt ceiling to allow the treasury to continue to pay the nation’s bills—including servicing foreign debt, Social Security, and …

Wed Oct 6, 2021

Senators say unspent funds should go to aiding Afghan refugees, not 'already bloated' defense budget

The federal government has billions in unspent funds following the official withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan—and that money should be reallocated to aid refugees who have now been …

Wed Sep 15, 2021

Filibuster carve-out for voting rights might be in reach with Manchin

Senate Democrats have been crafting a revised voting rights bill that Sen. Joe Manchin might deign to vote for, particularly since he is in the group that’s working on it. The Rev. Sen. Raphael …

Fri Jul 30, 2021

Senate Republicans set to filibuster voting rights bill

The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on the For the People Act, but, with Republicans already enacting one vicious voter suppression bill after another in the states, a federal voting rights bill will …

Tue Jun 22, 2021

McConnell's delaying tactics on infrastructure wear thin with Democrats who aren't Manchin or Sinema

President Joe Biden is pursuing “multiple paths forward” on infrastructure, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Wednesday. That means a lot of congressional Democrats …

Thu Jun 10, 2021