As House prepares to pass Build Back Better, making the tax provisions fairer is up to the Senate

The legal of the former guy just keep hanging over Capitol Hill like a huge cloud of toxic hot air. It’s not just the lingering fear from Jan. 6 and violent threats from Republicans, it’s the remnants …

House poised to pass Build Back Better, force Manchin to decide if he will stand alone against it

Build Back Better is on the House floor Thursday, and might even get a final vote before the day is done. This was supposed to be the day the House recessed for the Thanksgiving week off, with a 3 PM …

Biden, White House, want to make sure America knows who is responsible for fixing stuff

President Joe Biden is not, as of yet, calling out the Republicans who are taking credit for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) a large majority of them voted against. Not yet, but he’s …

Biden signs hard infrastructure bill, has to pivot to closing the deal on Build Back Better

President Joe Biden will officially ring in infrastructure week, for real, when he signs the infrastructure bill Monday afternoon. The $1.2 trillion package contains $550 billion in new spending on …

Manchin betrays colleagues who helped him with his latest Build Back Better demands

We’re now in the make nice to Sen. Joe Manchin phase of legislating President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan. At least, that’s the message House Democrats have been sent. The House is …

Republicans, and Manchin, work to poison the well for Biden's Build Back Better plan

Congress is out this week for the Veterans Day holiday, which means a week of posturing and trying to poison the well for next week’s push on President Joe Biden’s family and climate change Build Back …

House squad of conservative Democrats sabotaging Biden's agenda to the last moment

The House is ready to vote on President Joe Biden’s signature care economy and infrastructure proposals Friday. Maybe. While the first vote of the day (a Republican nuisance motion to adjourn) was …

House lawmakers work toward Build Back Better agreement, continuing to ignore Manchin

The House is still full-steam ahead on attempting to pass President Joe Biden’s hard and soft infrastructure programs this week, possibly, now that they’ve overcome the logjam that was Sen. Kyrsten …

Democrats’ strategy for Manchin: Plow ahead without him and dare him to kill Biden’s agenda

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is moving full steam ahead on getting the budget reconciliation bill that comprises President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan to the floor, despite the demands …

Even Third Way isn’t buying the conservative Democrats' take on the Virginia loss

There’s probably nothing more predictable in an election loss than this—conservative Democrats with a Politico reporter on speed-dial rushing to kneecap their progressive colleagues:

Interestingly …

Biden pressures House Democrats on infrastructure with no promises that Sinema, Manchin will help

The White House released its supposedly final “framework” for an agreement on President Joe Biden’s big climate and family economic plan Thursday, ahead of a morning meeting with House Democrats. …

White House, leadership narrowing in on agreement for scaled-back economic, climate plan

The complex moving parts of President Joe Biden’s ambitious, potentially transformative economic, family, and climate agenda continued to grind away through the weekend. Biden hosted Sen. Joe Manchin …

Democrats sounding bullish on getting something done soon on Biden's economic plan

Democrats on Capitol Hill are sounding bullish on coming to agreement by the end of the week on a possible framework for a reconciliation bill encompassing the shreds of President Joe Biden’s …

Biden slashes Build Back Better agenda, but Manchin and Sinema can still blow it up

Sen. Joe Manchin could be signaling that he’s willing to President Joe Biden’s entire agenda hostage, according to journalist David Corn, by having associates spread the word that he’s got a plan to …

Manchin admits his end game: Kill Build Back Better, get his fossil fuel-laden bill passed

President Joe Biden is going to have a busy Tuesday as mediator between House Democratic factions—the progressives who are fighting for his full agenda versus the Sabotage Squad of Blue Dogs and New …

Biden faces a choice: Back Jayapal or Manchin in pushing his agenda

Congress returns this week to face another self-imposed and unnecessary deadline: getting the budget reconciliation bill that will include whichever parts of President Biden’s Build Back Better plan …

Conservative Democrats pit vulnerable communities against each other, as usual

A handful of conservative Democrats in the House and two in the Senate are refusing to sign off on an annual $350 billion boost to social spending to enact President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better …

America to conservative Democrats: ‘We suffer while you debate’

The Democratic Sabotage Squad in Congress has a lot to answer for as they continue to fight to shrink President Joe Biden’s economic and social agenda as wrapped up in the budget reconciliation bill …

Sinema jaunts off for European fundraising trip, while progressives fight for our future

The contrasts in the Democratic Party between the majority and the feckless conservatives couldn’t have been made more clear than they have been this week between Washington State Rep. Pramila …

Sinema is still playing footsie with the Republicans who just tried to blow up the economy

The House passed a short-term debt ceiling increase Tuesday. Scratch that. The House Democrats passed a short-term debt ceiling increase on Tuesday, ensuring that the nation didn’t—for the first time …