Politics Jun 26 Biden seeks to clarify position on infrastructure deal Aiming to preserve a fragile bipartisan deal on infrastructure, President Joe Biden said Saturday he didn’t mean to suggest he would veto the bill unless Congress also passed a larger package to expand the social safety net.
Politics Jun 25 Infrastructure deal now in doubt with GOP senators saying they feel ‘blindsided’ Two people familiar with the conversations say Republican senators felt "blindsided" Friday by the president's insistence that the bipartisan infrastructure deal move in tandem with his bigger package of investments.
Politics Jun 24 WATCH: Biden says “we have a deal” on bipartisan infrastructure plan The agreement, reached in a meeting Thursday at the White House, means a breakthrough after arduous negotiations on the president's top legislative priority.
Politics Jun 24 Senators push $953B infrastructure plan, raise hope for deal President Joe Biden has invited members of the group of 21 Republican and Democratic senators to the White House on Thursday.
Politics Jun 22 WATCH: GOP filibuster halts Democrats’ signature voting bill The Democrats' sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law stalled in the Senate Tuesday, blocked by a wall of Republican opposition to what would have been the largest overhaul of the electoral system in a generation.
Politics Jun 21 Biden and Congress face a summer grind to create legislation President Joe Biden is settling in for what appears will be a long, summer slog of legislating.
Politics Jun 02 Biden, GOP senator to talk again on infrastructure deadline President Joe Biden met for nearly an hour with the top Republican negotiator on infrastructure, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. Time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal.
Politics Jun 02 Biden pushes for U.S. voting rights law as restrictions mount Biden called out lawmakers in Congress — including two senators in his own party — for holding up action on voting bills.
Politics May 28 GOP blocks bipartisan probe of deadly Jan. 6 riot at Capitol Senate Republicans on Friday blocked the creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, refusing to back down on their opposition to the independent investigation even amid emotional appeals from those who fought with…
Politics May 27 GOP set to block Jan. 6 panel, stoking Senate filibuster fight Thursday's action would be the first successful use of a filibuster in the Biden presidency to halt Senate action. That's despite both a bipartisan effort to salvage the bill and a last-minute plea by the mother of a Capitol Police…