Oct 20 Senate GOP blocks Democrats’ election bill a third time this year By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press For the third time this year, Senate Democrats tried to pass sweeping elections legislation that they tout as a powerful counterweight to new voting restrictions in the states. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 3:42 Democrats push and pull over President Biden’s spending bills By PBS NewsHour In a stand-off this week between moderate and progressive Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delayed a vote on President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill as negotiations over a more than $3 trillion social spending bill continue. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield… Continue watching
Sep 29 Biden digs in with fellow Dems seeking deal on $3.5 trillion plan By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Associated Press President Joe Biden is hunkering down at the White House to try to strike a deal on his potentially historic $3.5 trillion government overhaul. Continue reading
Sep 23 Top Democrats say they have framework to pay for $3.5 trillion environmental bill By Alan Fram, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Top congressional Democrats say they and the White House have agreed to a "framework" to pay for their emerging $3.5 trillion social and environment bill. Continue reading
Sep 22 House pushes through debt and government funding plan, will face pushback from GOP By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee aid. Continue reading
Sep 20 Senate parliamentarian deals blow to Democrats’ immigration push By Alan Fram, Associated Press The decision by Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate's nonpartisan interpreter of its often enigmatic rules, is a damaging and disheartening setback for President Joe Biden, congressional Democrats and their allies in the pro-immigration and progressive communities. Continue reading
Sep 16 Budget bill reopens moderate vs. progressive divide for Democrats By Will Weissert, Associated Press Opposition from some leading moderate Democrats over a $3.5 trillion budget proposal championed by the party's most-liberal, progressive wing has left the party grappling with deeper ideological questions. Continue reading
Sep 04 It’s a girl, and a boy: Buttigieg celebrates 2 babies By Associated Press Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, are celebrating the arrival of not one — but two — bundles of joy. The first openly gay person to be confirmed by the Senate for a Cabinet position had shared last month… Continue reading
Aug 24 WATCH: House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Its passage was praised by President Joe Biden, who said it would protect a “sacred right” and called on the Senate to “send this important bill to my desk.”… Continue reading
Aug 20 Democrats face new hurdles in legal fight over redistricting By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The fight over redrawing political maps is just ramping up in state legislatures and nonpartisan commissions around the country. But both Republicans and Democrats already are planning for major showdowns in the courts. Continue reading