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At the Races: Hitting the road
</p> The bipartisan infrastructure bill became law this week, making it through several roadblocks on the path to passage. But the journey is just beginning for Democrats.
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</p> The bipartisan infrastructure bill became law this week, making it through several roadblocks on the path to passage. But the journey is just beginning for Democrats.
</p> Levin couldn’t be reached for comment.
Her bill, the STOP Act, would have removed the handling of military sexual assault cases from the chain of command and created a new, autonomous office to handle such claims.
</p> By Kate Ackley, Bridget Bowman and Stephanie Akin</p> The bipartisan infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden is expected to sign Monday gives Democrats something to tout, with a year to go
The battle over COVID-19 mandates has some voters fatigued and wanting to move on, and although the House passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill late last week, it was held hostage for months as Democrats
</p> “These results should be an alarm clock rousing us from sleep,” said Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a New Jersey Democrat whose state’s Democratic governor won a surprisingly close reelection race.
</p> The first and most obvious point is that gubernatorial contests are fundamentally different from federal races.</p> Incumbent Republican Govs.
Biden announced earlier today that Democrats have agreed on a framework for a $1.75 trillion bill.
Democrats aren’t sure yet what they’ll run on because they’re waiting on intraparty negotiations over the reconciliation measure and a bipartisan-in-the-Senate infrastructure bill.
</p> The bill is a slimmed-down version of a more-than-800-page overhaul that passed the House in March.
</p> The Legislature’s approval Monday of the new map — which now awaits Republican Gov.
But the focus this week on what could be left out of the bill, rather than what it will actually do to change people’s lives, isn’t helping Democrats make that case to voters.
</p> A Senate Judiciary panel’s hearing on that bill, named for the late Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, was interrupted last week by votes and caucus meetings over the debt limit.
</p> Still engaged?
</p> The episode underscores the frustration several vulnerable Democrats voiced last week as a vote on the infrastructure bill stalled.
through a bipartisan infrastructure bill moving through Congress.
</p> Treasury Secretary Janet L.
</p> He added that he opposed the infrastructure bill because not enough of the funding would go toward roads and bridges.