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Congress takes weekend off despite urgent calls for emergency action on Ukrainian aid

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Thursday gave lawmakers the weekend off, despite bipartisan calls for immediate congressional action on an emergency aid package for Ukraine.

March 3, 2022

House GOP presses Biden’s infrastructure czar on efforts to ‘root out waste and fraud’

GOP lawmakers are demanding documents from the White House regarding its management of $1.2 trillion in bipartisan infrastructure funding as part of a larger effort to "root out waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement" within the federal government.

March 3, 2022

Biden asks Congress for $10B in emergency aid for Ukraine

President Biden is upping his request for humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine, calling on Congress to approve $10 billion to help bolster the nation in its fight against Russia.

March 3, 2022

GOP accuses White House of diverting infrastructure funding to ‘woke’ agenda

Republican lawmakers sounded the alarm on Wednesday over the White House attempts to strong-arm state and local governments into spending infrastructure money on progressive pet initiatives.

March 2, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin outlines compromise on Biden’s $1.75 trillion bill; focuses on taxes, drug prices

Sen. Joe Manchin III has laid out what he viewed as achievable in regards to President Biden's long-stalled $1.75 trillion social welfare and climate change package.

March 2, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin shuts down Biden’s talk of reviving $1.75T social welfare bill

Sen Joe Manchin III on Tuesday shot down President Biden's calls to revive the administration's $1.75 trillion social welfare and climate package, known as the Build Back Better Act.

March 2, 2022

Biden met with shouts of ‘build the wall’ while pushing immigration reform

GOP lawmakers met President Biden's call to strengthen the border on Tuesday with chants of "build the wall."

March 1, 2022

Republicans boo Biden for attack on Trump tax cuts

President Biden was booed by Republicans at his first State of the Union address for panning the Trump-era tax cuts.

March 1, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin sits with Republicans during State of the Union

Sen. Joe Manchin III crossed the aisle during Tuesday's State of the Union address.

March 1, 2022

Democrats’ divisions spill into view with competing responses to Biden’s State of the Union

Democratic Party infighting was on full display Tuesday, with President Biden set to deliver a State of the Union address that will be followed by remarks from no less than three members of his own party lined up to offer their own speeches.

March 1, 2022

Sen. Manchin slams ‘hypocritical’ Biden for not curbing Russian energy imports over Ukraine invasion

Sen. Joe Manchin III criticized President Biden's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Monday, arguing that the White House was pushing "hypocritical" policies on energy imports.

February 28, 2022

Poll: 47% of voters disapprove of Biden’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Nearly half of all voters in America are not happy with President Biden's handling of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a new poll.

February 28, 2022

Congress eyes billions in emergency humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine

Congressional lawmakers are eyeing an emergency spending and military-aid package to bolster Ukraine as it fights backs against a Russian invasion.

February 24, 2022

John Kerry urges Putin to not let Ukraine invasion distract from combating climate change

The White House's international climate envoy, John Kerry, warned Russia to not lose sight of the bigger need to combat climate change as it targets Ukraine.

February 24, 2022

Rashida Tlaib to deliver far-left response to Biden’s State of the Union

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a member of the congressional far-left "squad," was tapped on Wednesday to deliver the "progressive response" to President Biden's first State of the Union address next week.

February 23, 2022

Federal officials warn billions stolen from COVID unemployment benefits through fraud

Federal officials warned Tuesday that as much as $80 billion in unemployment benefits could have fraudulently gone to cybercriminals and international crime rings.

February 22, 2022

Republicans complain Biden’s sanctions on Russia are too weak

Congressional Republicans blistered President Biden Tuesday for a weak and belated response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while Democratic lawmakers who spoke up were supportive of the president's economic sanctions on Moscow.

February 22, 2022

GOP taps Iowa governor to deliver response to Biden’s State of the Union address

The Republican congressional leadership has tapped Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, one of the party's up-and-coming leaders, to deliver the national response to President Biden's first State of the Union address on March 1.

February 22, 2022

Sen. Lindsey Graham urges Biden to work with Congress on bipartisan aid for Ukraine

Sen. Lindsey Graham urged the White House on Tuesday to work with Republicans on a bipartisan spending package to shore up Ukraine following Russia's invasion.

February 22, 2022

Mick Mulvaney breaks with Trump to back Rep. Nancy Mace for reelection

Former President Donald Trump's one-time Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney broke with his old boss on Monday by endorsing GOP Rep. Nancy Mace for reelection in South Carolina. Mr. Mulvaney, who served as Mr. Trump's top aide for roughly 15 months, said the incumbent lawmaker had proven herself as a "fiscally conservative leader" and deserved a second term in Washington.

February 21, 2022