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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., is one of the few Senate Democrats who doesn't support including an increase in the minimum wage in President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.

Senate to take up $1.9 trillion aid bill

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted March 2, 2021 at 11:49am
Neera Tanden, nominee to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, arrives for her confirmation hearing in the Senate Budget Committee.

Tanden in hot water over confirmation

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted February 23, 2021 at 12:29pm
With the House Budget Committee set to assemble the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package this week, and with Senate committee markups unlikely, we could see a vote on the floor in the next couple weeks.

Teeing up COVID-19 relief package for debate next week

By David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Evan Campbell
Posted February 16, 2021 at 12:26pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., walks through the Senate subway in the Capitol after a vote on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.

House Democrats tinker with $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Evan Campbell
Posted February 9, 2021 at 12:30pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., will have to work at ensuring Democrats have enough votes to pass COVID-19 relief through budget reconciliation if Congress can't agree on a bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill by March.

Can the $618 billion GOP relief plan push the needle on bipartisanship?

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted February 2, 2021 at 12:02pm
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Biden weighs strategy for COVID-19 relief

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 26, 2021 at 12:38pm
The Biden administration released their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal last week, but Republicans are already pushing back against it.

The Biden administration goes big on COVID-19 relief

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 19, 2021 at 11:45am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., talks with reporters in the Capitol.

How does budget reconciliation work?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 12, 2021 at 1:02pm
How House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., interprets the new rules could have big implications for getting President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda through the chamber.

New House rules loosen fiscal restraints

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 5, 2021 at 11:28am
Rep. Nita M. Lowey, D-N.Y., who oversaw the spending bill's passage on the House floor, is retiring at the end of this session.

Congress clears omnibus spending package with coronavirus relief

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 22, 2020 at 12:36pm