• News Wrap: U.S. population growth hits lowest recorded rate

    News Wrap: U.S. population growth hits lowest recorded rate

    Dec 21, 2021 11:45 PM EDT

    ... it caused,the pandemic has curtailed immigration and it has delayed pregnancies. President Biden voiced hope today that he can salvage his sweeping Build Back Better initiative. He said he holds no grudges against Democratic Senator Joe Manchin for opposing the bill, which, in effect, dooms its chances in the ...

  • How Maine is trying to take food insecurity off kids' plates

    How Maine is trying to take food insecurity off kids' plates

    Dec 02, 2021 05:27 PM EDT

    ... the school year, advocates say Maine’s children will be healthier, more focused and ready to learn. Lawmakers may also reinforce state efforts, like those in Maine, at the national level. The Biden administration proposed year-round nutrition security in its Build Back Better framework. The plan detailed in late ...

  • Energy Sec. Granholm on how infrastructure bill will ease inflation, supply jam

    Energy Sec. Granholm on how infrastructure bill will ease inflation, supply jam

    Nov 08, 2021 11:50 PM EDT

    ... if it hadn't had to have been watered down. We know, in order to get the bipartisan support you mentioned, watering down in this bill. We know there's going to be more watering down or whittling down, whatever you want to call it, in the Build Back Better ...

  • How a loss in Virginia, close race in New Jersey could affect Dem midterm plan

    How a loss in Virginia, close race in New Jersey could affect Dem midterm plan

    Nov 03, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Is it getting done? I can report tonight that, actually, the House is poised to now move forward this week, as I thought they would. The House Rules Committee is meeting right now. And that means we could have a vote on both Build Back Better and the infrastructure bill ...

  • Why Biden pitched infrastructure bill in Michigan amid congressional stalemate

    Why Biden pitched infrastructure bill in Michigan amid congressional stalemate

    Oct 05, 2021 10:45 PM EDT

    ... support the Build Back Better program. I think most people would. The key is how it's going to be paid for. And I think the president was very clear on his plan and how that would be paid for. Here in Howell, we have about $45 million in capital ...

  • What the Senate deal could mean for the fight against climate change

    What the Senate deal could mean for the fight against climate change

    Jul 28, 2022 10:40 PM EDT

    ... gotten cut or diminished or destroyed from the original version of that bill. But the energy and climate provisions have survived, not unscathed, but, for the most part, the bulk of the provisions that were in the original Build Back Better bill are still in there. So it's still ...

  • WATCH: House Minority Leader Jeffries gives marathon speech criticizing GOP tax cut bill

    WATCH: House Minority Leader Jeffries gives marathon speech criticizing GOP tax cut bill

    Jul 03, 2025 02:49 PM EDT

    ... EDT and finished at 1:37 p.m. EDT, 8 hours, 44 minutes later, breaking the record set by then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California in 2021, when he was the GOP leader. McCarthy spoke for 8 hours, 32 minutes when he angrily criticized Democrats’ “Build Back Better” legislation, breaking ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on $3.5T Dem bill, California recall election

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on $3.5T Dem bill, California recall election

    Sep 13, 2021 10:30 PM EDT

    ... National Public Radio: Yes, certainly, President Biden has been pitching what they call the Build Back Better agenda, which I think that a lot of the conversation about it, as Amy says, has gotten bogged down in the process: Oh, it's a reconciliation bill. The reality is that, if ...

  • WATCH: Senate approves bipartisan infrastructure plan

    WATCH: Senate approves bipartisan infrastructure plan

    Aug 10, 2021 01:16 PM EDT

    ... Biden's agenda. Watch the vote in the player above. The 69-30 tally provides momentum for this first phase of Biden's "Build Back Better" priorities, now headed to the House. A sizable number of lawmakers showed they were willing to set aside partisan pressures, eager to send billions ...

  • Tamara Keith and Lisa Lerer on Biden-Harris performance abroad, GOP midterm strategy

    Tamara Keith and Lisa Lerer on Biden-Harris performance abroad, GOP midterm strategy

    Jun 14, 2021 10:30 PM EDT

    ... of the American presidency, and yet it doesn't necessarily get a lot of benefits back home. I will note one funny thing is that build back better is his infrastructure initiative. Well, he has exported the terminology. And now the G7 leaders are talking about build back better world ...