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At the Races: Biden’s final pitch
Biden announced earlier today that Democrats have agreed on a framework for a $1.75 trillion bill.
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Biden announced earlier today that Democrats have agreed on a framework for a $1.75 trillion bill.
</p> [Short-term highway bill extension brings anxiety to contractors]</p> Beyond that, Democrats see a second, potentially consequential impact.
</p> Duckworth’s bill has attracted a dozen cosponsors: Democrats Mazie K.
</p> “We followed regular order and developed a bill. We put it forward,” Gomez said. “They keep on dealing with stuff in concepts and ideas.”
</p> Staffers, senators and their dogs participate in TIllis’ annual dog parade on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Capitol Hill is always a dog-friendly place.
</p> The insurance industry is closely watching lawmakers’ search to pay for a sweeping jobs and social spending bill expected to cost around $2 trillion over a decade.
</p> The six-month timeline endorsed by the letter’s signatories is part of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s National Defense Authorization Act bill.
</p> Top Democrats were trying to wrap up negotiations Tuesday on the reconciliation bill in order to have at least a “framework” in hand they could sell to House progressives so they wouldn’t block a
</p> In the House bill, both programs would be phased in over three years to give states time to build up their supply of facilities and workers.
Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., to a $150 billion clean electricity provision in Democrats’ budget reconciliation package, a sweeping bill aimed at combating climate change and expanding the social safety net
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bill and his proposals for the Democratic reconciliation package.
</p> Some conservatives criticized McConnell for relenting on the short-term patch. But a former GOP aide said that bill prolonged the debt limit as an issue for Democrats.
</p> Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated her 57th birthday with a visit to the Capitol (to cast a tie-breaking vote) on Wednesday.
The Senate bill would cost around $1 million a year, giving about 500 families an average of $200 a month, while the House bill would help 3,000 families with $400 a month on average, costing just over
</p> The infrastructure bill is not undergoing changes, but progressives have said they would only vote for it if the reconciliation bill is done.
</p> The House-passed Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill included language to bar federal funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology or gain-of-function research.
</p> The decline from the previous year’s shortfall was due partly to a surge in federal revenues.
</p> As negotiators work to trim the House’s budget reconciliation bill from a $3.5 trillion-plus package to somewhere closer to $2 trillion, the $556 billion expansion of a tax break meant to help cover