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From right, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks as Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., listen during the Senate Republicans news conference in the Capitol on Nov. 30, 2021.

Senate clears procedural debt limit measure

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 10, 2021 at 12:26pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., and Rep. David E. Price, D-N.C., right, conduct a bill enrollment ceremony for the stopgap spending bill in the Capitol.

So much to do, so little time

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Evan Campbell
Posted December 3, 2021 at 12:22pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses a news conference after the House passed the Build Back Better Act at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.

At last, House passes massive reconciliation package

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted November 19, 2021 at 11:52am
From left, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., turn away from the cameras after announcing their plans to move forward with the infrastructure and reconciliation bills on Nov. 5.

Will the reconciliation bill pass soon?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted November 12, 2021 at 11:52am
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves the House Democrats’ caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol as she walks to hold her weekly news conference on Thursday, November 5th.

Reconciliation at risk

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Evan Campbell
Posted November 5, 2021 at 11:33am
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hoped to approve the bipartisan infrastructure bill but Chair Pramila Jayapal said progressives wanted to pass the reconciliation package and the infrastructure bill through the House at the same time.

The skinny on the stripped-down reconciliation framework

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted October 29, 2021 at 11:43am
The East Front of the U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington in May.

What’s the meaning of compromise?

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 22, 2021 at 1:46pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate Democrats policy luncheon in the U.S. Capitol.

What’s next for the reconciliation bill?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 15, 2021 at 11:48am
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is seen after a lunch with Senate Democrats in the U.S. Capitol.

Debt limit crisis averted, for now

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 8, 2021 at 12:56pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., says he won't support a reconciliation package that's larger than $1.5 trillion.

Biden’s domestic agenda at stake

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 1, 2021 at 11:51am