Many of those restive Democrats have been waiting weeks for their president, who has spent the summer largely focused on crises off the Hill, to turn his attention to the House. And Biden’s attempt at a kumbaya moment could hardly come at a more critical time, with the narrowly divided […]
Those headwinds threaten to sap the momentum from this summer, when Biden clinched a bipartisan infrastructure deal in the Senate and found support from all corners of his party for a budget setting up his sweeping spending bill. Now, Manchin is calling for a pause, moderates are resisting key components […]
What the parliamentarian lets stay or forces out of the multitrillion-dollar measure could have enormous consequences for its ultimate success and Biden’s legacy. And the referee has stymied Democrats’ plans before, most notably when she ruled out a minimum wage hike for a coronavirus aid bill they passed earlier this […]
King noted in his statement that he feels under the weather, but “much better than I would have without the vaccine.” He emphasized his commitment to curbing the spread of the pandemic, and the safety precautions he has taken since the virus began to spread in the U.S. As the […]
The appeals court ruled that the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause precluded the group’s suit, but Henderson — an appointee of former President George H. W. Bush — said in a solo concurrence that in the right case it might be possible to force Congress to disclose some of its […]
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer also made a forceful pitch on the call, urging Democrats: “Remember the psychology of consensus. We’re in this together, led by the President,” he said, according to people who dialed in. The centrists’ threat against the budget is the latest iteration of a long-running tug […]
The one-time member of House Republican leadership and former businessperson was known as a colorful and gregarious figure in Congress, though his former colleagues distanced themselves from him over his renouncement and increased criticisms of the GOP efforts to sow doubt about Joe Biden’s presidential win. Those same remarks, however, […]
McCarthy — who was largely quiet about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a peace deal with the Taliban during his presidency — then warned about potential risks here in the U.S.: “We have to look to our own border. Are we secure at home over the coming weeks?” […]
On the upcoming fight over raising the debt limit “This is the biggest story of the fall. It’s major. And it’s going to affect every single major negotiation for months to come. “The president’s legacy is on the line. He wants to move the two tracks forward. He wants to […]
“We will not consider voting for a budget resolution until the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passes the House and is signed into law,” the group wrote. The hard-line approach, however, has isolated at least a handful of other Democratic centrists who say they privately agree about the need […]
