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Trump demands Senate GOP show strength by using debt limit to kill Biden’s social welfare bill

Former President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans on Tuesday to use the looming debt ceiling deadline to pressure Democrats into abandoning the White House's roughly $1.75 trillion social welfare bill.

November 30, 2021

Manchin pushes Democrats to water down climate change provisions in Biden’s social welfare bill

Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for the White House's agenda, is pushing Democrats to modify climate change provisions in President Biden's mammoth social welfare bill.

November 30, 2021

Manchin floats Democrats unilaterally hiking debt-ceiling with expedited support from GOP

Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for the White House's legislative agenda, said on Monday that Democrats could unilaterally hike the nation's borrowing limit with minor help from Republicans.

November 29, 2021

Dems maneuver to avoid looming government shutdown as legislation piles up

Congressional Democrats are rushing to avert a government shutdown by the end of the week amid a pileup of legislative and fiscal deadlines.

November 29, 2021

Biden’s infrastructure bill poses major test for Trump voters in deep-red West Virginia

Infrastructure spending, long an issue that has drawn bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, is shaping up to be a clear dividing line in an upcoming congressional primary for one of the nation's most Republican districts.

November 26, 2021

Bipartisan frustration over ‘toxic’ work environment under Pelosi

Capitol Hill lawmakers are frustrated this holiday season, arguing that the House under Speaker Nancy Pelosi has become a "toxic" work environment.

November 24, 2021

Manchin slams Biden for tapping strategic oil reserve while pushing ‘short-sighted’ energy policies

The Democratic chairman of the Senate Energy Committee criticized President Biden for tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Tuesday while pushing "short-sighted" energy policies that were contributing to the skyrocketing price of gasoline.

November 23, 2021

Biden push for $2.5B tax break for lawyers spurs accusations of political payoff

Democrats have tucked a lucrative $2.5 billion tax break inside President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill that would benefit the trial lawyers lobby, spurring Republican accusations of political backscratching.

November 23, 2021

GOP demands probe into why Democratic operatives got federal grants to turn out 2020 vote

House Republicans are demanding a probe into why federal taxpayer-funded election grants were given to Democratic operatives politically connected to President Biden during the 2020 cycle.

November 19, 2021

House narrowly passes Biden’s multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill, setting up Senate fight

House Democrats narrowly passed a version of President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill on Friday, sending the measure to the Senate where it is likely dead on arrival.

November 19, 2021

McCarthy blocks Democrats from passing Biden’s social welfare bill in ‘dead of night’

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy prevented Democrats from expediting the passage of President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill on Friday, just hours after budget hawks warned the measure adds more than $367 billion to the deficit.

November 19, 2021

Nancy Pelosi rushes toward vote on Biden’s social welfare bill despite deficit report

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rushing forward with a vote on President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill, despite budget scorers having determined that it adds $367 billion to the federal deficit.

November 18, 2021

CBO: Biden’s IRS tax-enforcement plan falls far short of White House revenue estimates

The Congressional Budget Office has found that Democrats' plan to beef up IRS enforcement, a key revenue source for funding President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill, falls far below White House expectations.

November 18, 2021

CBO: Funding for Biden’s social welfare bill comes up more than $367 billion short

President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare and climate change bill does not fully pay for all of its new entitlement programs, contrary to assertions long made by the White House.

November 18, 2021

Pelosi faces opposition from Democrat over restoring tax cuts for wealthy blue state residents

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing stiff opposition from a key moderate House Democrat over plans to include a lucrative tax break for wealthy blue state residents in President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill.

November 18, 2021

GOP blames Biden for rising food prices: ‘Most expensive Thanksgiving in history’

Senate Republicans took President Biden to task on Wednesday for rising food prices ahead of the holiday season.

November 17, 2021

Manchin doubles down on opposition to paid leave in Biden welfare bill

Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for the White House's legislative agenda, reasserted his opposition on Wednesday to including paid family leave in President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill.

November 17, 2021

Biden’s social welfare bill breaks pledge to not raise taxes on people making less than $400,000

President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill breaks a key pledge from his 2020 campaign: that he would not raise taxes on individuals making less than $400,000 annually.

November 16, 2021

Dems rush to discredit CBO ahead of potentially negative report on Biden’s social welfare bill

Congressional Democrats and the White House are rushing to discredit a looming report that will detail the cost of President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill and the revenue collection proposals to fund it.

November 16, 2021

Democratic leadership divided over how Biden should address rising gas prices

The Congressional Democratic leadership stands firmly divided over whether President Biden should tap into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat rising gasoline prices.

November 16, 2021