• ‘I could live normally’: How child tax credit payments brought relief to these families

    ‘I could live normally’: How child tax credit payments brought relief to these families

    Feb 09, 2022 10:00 AM EDT

    ... of work requirements, as some other government programs include, has continued to be a sticking point. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has opposed extending the tax credit through the proposed Build Back Better bill, reportedly saying late last year that he thought families would use the aid to buy ...

  • Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Congress' newest member, is ready to fight for Haitians

    Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Congress' newest member, is ready to fight for Haitians

    Jan 26, 2022 11:34 PM EDT

    ... In the middle of a tense battle to get the president's agenda passed, Build Back Better had been stalled. Voting rights have been stalled. The president said that he wants to pass this legislation into chunks and get whatever pieces he can through the House and Senate. What is ...

  • News Wrap: Jan. 6 panel seeks voluntary testimony from Ivanka Trump

    News Wrap: Jan. 6 panel seeks voluntary testimony from Ivanka Trump

    Jan 20, 2022 11:55 PM EDT

    ... some of his domestic agenda. His Build Back Better bill, worth some $2 trillion around health care, home care, education and climate was blocked in the U.S. Senate. So, on Wednesday, he promoted action on any chunks of it that can win enough votes. Today, the speaker of the ...

  • AP-NORC poll: One year into presidency, Biden's approval rating hits new low

    AP-NORC poll: One year into presidency, Biden's approval rating hits new low

    Jan 20, 2022 04:40 PM EDT

    ... unable to pass the spending package dubbed "Build Back Better," as Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona balk at the costs and scope. "It started off well with them passing the $1,400 checks," said Lindahl, referring to stimulus payments that were part of ...

  • Senate Dems eye talking filibuster amid voting rights legislation setbacks

    Senate Dems eye talking filibuster amid voting rights legislation setbacks

    Jan 18, 2022 11:40 PM EDT

    ... senators now on board in the Senate. There is still the exception, potentially, of a reconciliation bill that contain some of that Biden agenda, that Build Back Better idea. We're going to be following that.But Democrats still will need Senators Manchin and Sinema on board that bill. And ...

  • Amy Walter and Asma Khalid on the omicron variant, inflation and Dem agenda

    Amy Walter and Asma Khalid on the omicron variant, inflation and Dem agenda

    Dec 27, 2021 11:35 PM EDT

    ... about the chances of Democrats getting this done in the new year? Asma Khalid: I mean, the White House remains optimistic that they can get back to the drawing board with Joe Manchin and potentially carve out some sort of alternative Build Back Better bill. Democrats across the country, I ...

  • Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021

    Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021

    Dec 27, 2021 04:53 PM EDT

    ... a transitional year away from the frenzied news pace of the Trump years. He sees the effect of those years in the intensity with which the media has covered every twist and turn of legislative negotiations over President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Betterbill. Like most work in Congress ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trumpism, Biden approval rating, Rittenhouse verdict

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trumpism, Biden approval rating, Rittenhouse verdict

    Nov 22, 2021 11:25 PM EDT

    ... The bipartisan infrastructure bill has passed. Build Back Better is moving forward. An yet take a look at the president's approval rating right now. In the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, 44 percent approved, 49 percent disapprove. We should point out this came out after infrastructure passed, but before Build ...

  • Inflation a major issue facing the Biden administration

    Inflation a major issue facing the Biden administration

    Nov 21, 2021 10:05 PM EDT

    ... The voters tend to look at Washington and say, what are you going to do about this? And there's another political impact, which is the House on Friday passed Biden's Build Back Better bill. But the specter of inflation is causing a Democrat like Joe Manchin who's ...

  • Capehart and Abernathy on congressional bipartisanship, inflation, redistricting

    Capehart and Abernathy on congressional bipartisanship, inflation, redistricting

    Nov 12, 2021 11:35 PM EDT

    ... because, for so long, it was yoked to the other bill. It was yoked to the Build Back Better bill. And so they felt like a victory for one was going to lead to a victory for the other. And the Build Back Better bill is an entirely different animal.