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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. …

Fri Jan 28, 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

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

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

Democrats introduce tax proposal to start clawing taxes back from megacorporations

Democrats Sens. Ron Wyden (Oregon) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) have introduced a new tax on corporations that’s likely to be included in the reconciliation bill now being drafted in both the House …

Fri Sep 10, 2021

Would Manchin and Sinema really sabotage Biden's vision for a better future? Time will tell

Following a mini-marathon vote-a-rama, the Senate voted early Wednesday morning to adopt the $3.5 trillion budget, 50-49. One Republican senator was out due to a family issue, so Vice President Kamala …

Thu Aug 12, 2021

Now the House gets say on infrastructure; Sinema, Manchin have to play nice or face massive failure

Step one of infrastructure push has, remarkably, been achieved: The Senate has passed the bipartisan bill allowing those “good faith” Senate Republicans to return to their virulently …

Wed Aug 11, 2021

Senate infrastructure push stalls out temporarily, will resume Saturday

The Senate worked late into Thursday night attempting to wrap up amendment work on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but failed. It recessed until Saturday so that many members could travel to …

Sat Aug 7, 2021

COVID-19 hits Senate, potentially complicating already fraught infrastructure work

The Senate finally got around to consideration of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, on Monday afternoon and approved a couple of uncontroversial …

Tue Aug 3, 2021

Oregon senator is blocking CBP nominee until he gets 'straight answers' about Portland deployment

More than six months into the Biden administration, Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said he’s failed to receive adequate answers into the deployment of untrained federal officers in his hometown of …

Mon Jul 26, 2021

No wonder the GOP is freaking out—look at the great stuff Democrats have planned

The machinations of Senate Republicans have taken up a huge chunk of the oxygen on the infrastructure debate, largely because they are in a position to derail the whole damn thing if they can manage …

Wed Jul 21, 2021

Following on bombshell ProPublica tax scoops, Warren and Whitehouse demand investigation

Following up on ProPublica’s critical reporting on the “secret IRS files” showing myriad ways the ultrawealthy avoid paying taxes, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren …

Thu Jul 15, 2021

Democrats reach milestone in $3.5 trillion agreement on Biden's economic, infrastructure plans

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s ambitious plan for getting infrastructure done this summer is closer to achievable with the overnight agreement reached by Budget Committee Democrats and …

Wed Jul 14, 2021

As Democrats near infrastructure package resolution, Republicans try again to derail it

Senate Democrats are forging ahead with the budget bill that will allow them to pass President Biden’s ambitious economic proposals with a reconciliation package, one that requires just …

Tue Jul 13, 2021

Climate change is viciously undeniable. This might be Congress' last chance to deal with it

The death toll in the Pacific Northwest because of the heat dome that parked over the region is bumping up against 1,000 people—more than 700 so far in British Columbia alone. The heat dome remains …

Tue Jul 6, 2021

The bipartisan Senate group on infrastructure doesn't agree on whether it has agreement

A bipartisan group of 10 senators announced a broad, if somewhat vague agreement on infrastructure Thursday afternoon, triggering a group of Democrats to warn that they wouldn’t allow a goal of …

Fri Jun 11, 2021