Morning Digest: North Carolina Democrat now has a clear Senate primary as GOP keeps slugging it out

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 …

McConnell and his maniacs are flirting with another government shutdown, because of course they are

It’s December and it’s three days before funding for the government runs out, so of course there’s a mad scramble by congressional Democrats to figure out how to avert that and of course there’s a …

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 …

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 …

Infrastructure inches forward in Senate, McConnell plots, House Democrats wait

On June 24, President Joe Biden stood with a bipartisan group of senators to announce an infrastructure deal. Finally, five weeks and many blown deadlines later, as well as a weekend’s worth of …

Republican takes over 'bipartisan' infrastructure effort, House Democrats fight for climate

Stop me if you’ve already heard this story:

The current iteration of infrastructure week features a potential hero Republican—“moderate” Rob Portman—and a fiery House Democrat who is working hard to …

Democrats tee up Plan B for Jan. 6 investigations as Republicans oppose a 9/11-style commission

Republican congressional leaders are united: They don’t want an investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, they were willing to say …

House Democrats seize on GOP disarray

In 2018, House Democrats rode suburban disgust with Donald Trump to historic wins to retake control of the lower chamber. Now, facing very different odds in next year’s midterms, they think …