Congress · 117th Congress
Sinema deals blow to Democrats’ budget reconciliation target
Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, initially sought a $6 trillion budget target, before agreeing to scale it back to $3.5 trillion.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Democrats are poised for big wins in Congress. So why the doom and gloom?
If the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is now conveniently remembered in GOP circles as a fun-loving tourist escapade, then Kevin McCarthy feels empowered to try to scuttle a serious House investigation
Policy · 117th Congress
Washington is a lobbying boom town under Biden
the bill has focused on the changes to elections law, the bill also would reshape how congressional candidates fund their campaigns by instituting an optional public financing system that would match $6
Opinion · 117th Congress
Black women — now and then — lead a recalcitrant America toward justice
Compare that with the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, who are only now facing justice — and in the case of the first felony sentence of eight months in prison handed out this week, pretty lenient justice at that
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats expect unity on budget as they eye early August vote
The Senate is scheduled to adjourn for its summer recess on Aug. 6.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats begin push-pull process on budget
House plan uncertain Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., initially proposed spending $6 trillion but agreed to $3.5 trillion in a compromise with his colleagues.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden takes voting rights push to Philadelphia as Texas Democrats make Capitol Hill rounds
That included some who supported the certification of 2020 Electoral College votes of Pennsylvania and other states that supporters of former President Donald Trump sought to contest on Jan. 6, the day
Congress · 117th Congress
Budget blueprint for massive spending package starts to take shape
They declined to say whether they’ve moved off the $6 trillion, 10-year spending target Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., previously floated, or narrowed the gap between that and a lower ceiling centrists
White House · 117th Congress
Biden’s voting rights speech may extend to issues of democracy itself
public appearances and statements, Trump has fully embraced conspiracy theories and fraudulent narratives about the violent attack on the Capitol during the counting of Electoral College votes on Jan. 6.
Opinion · 117th Congress
6 months after Capitol assault, DC still needs statehood
Lastly, the Jan. 6 attack reiterated the importance of statehood for Washington, D.C.
Congress · 117th Congress
House Democrats to skip budget markup, wait for Senate
Those reconciliation instructions could provide for as much as $6 trillion in new spending, although a compromise that can pass both chambers is likely to be somewhere around half of that.
Congress · 117th Congress
House Democrats might wait for Senate budget blueprint
Senate Democrats can’t afford any defections, and there’s a vast fiscal gulf between Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders, who’s willing to add trillions of dollars in debt to finance a $6 trillion
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden plan gives moderate Democrats sticker shock
“I just think we want to say ‘wait’ to the folks who are throwing out the $6 trillion–type ideas, you know, hold on,” Bourdeaux says.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
In competitive seat and weighing a Senate run, Rep. Conor Lamb’s voting the party line more often
“I believe the filibuster has to go,” Lamb tweeted last month after Senate Republicans filibustered a bill that would have created an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection
Congress · 117th Congress
Some moderate Democrats oppose Biden spending package, as progressives feared
“I think $6 trillion is the appropriate amount of money to address the crises facing this country,” he said. “But obviously I have to work with 49 other senators to come up with a bill.”
Policy · 117th Congress
Investors press firms on donations as political spending jumps
treasurers and social issue-focused investment funds are pressing 82 corporations to be transparent about donations to candidates and causes as contributions resume after a pause in the wake of the Jan. 6
Congress · 117th Congress
Yarmuth: House budget blueprint won’t veer too far from Senate’s
Sanders, I-Vt., has pitched options adding up to about $6 trillion.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate voting and ethics overhaul stalls, but Democrats united in vote
has already passed its version of the bill, whose 800-plus pages of text would reshape how congressional candidates may fund their campaigns by instituting optional public financing that would match $6
Congress · 117th Congress
Sanders budget plan would spend more, tax less than Biden
circulating on and off Capitol Hill, the plan under development by Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders would overshoot Biden’s proposed spending by nearly $1.6 trillion over a decade, for a hair under $6
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Voting and ethics overhaul fuels drive to end Senate filibuster
Democratic-led House has already passed its version of the bill, which would reshape how congressional candidates may fund their campaigns by instituting an optional public financing system that would match $6