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Pelosi eyes expedited votes on infrastructure, budget bills next week

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering putting both President Biden's $1.75 trillion social welfare bill and the $1.25 trillion infrastructure package up for a vote next week.

October 30, 2021

Trump mocks far-left Democrats for getting rolled on Biden agenda: ‘No wonder AOC +3 are so angry!’

Former President Donald Trump poked fun at the internal divisions tearing apart the Democratic Party on Saturday.

October 30, 2021

Daines raps Biden calling climate change a threat to U.S. ‘financial stability’: ‘Virtue signaling’

Sen. Steve Daines blasted the White House on Friday for "virtue signaling" on climate change ahead of President Biden's appearance at the United Nations Climate Summit in Scotland.

October 29, 2021

Democrats refuse to accept Biden’s $1.75 trillion compromise framework

Democratic lawmakers ignored the "framework agreement" President Biden offered for a $1.75 trillion expansion of the federal safety net, dealing him an embarrassing blow to his credibility as he jetted to Europe to meet with world leaders.

October 28, 2021

Pelosi punts on infrastructure vote after far-left Dems move goalposts

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday was forced to punt again on holding a vote on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill after widespread opposition from far-left Democrats.

October 28, 2021

‘Pay your fair share’: Biden targets corporate profits, wealthy to pay for $1.75T spending bill

President Biden proposed on Thursday a series of new taxes on corporations and the wealthy, arguing it was time to end the era of "trickle-down economics."

October 28, 2021

Pelosi dares progressives to tank Biden’s infrastructure bill: ‘This is the legislative process’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is daring her majority's far-left faction to tank President Biden's domestic agenda by forcing a vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal.

October 28, 2021

‘No SALT, no dice’: Moderate Dems revolt after Biden axes blue state tax cut

Moderate Democrats are threatening to sink President Biden's $1.75 trillion social welfare and climate bill unless he restores a federal income tax break that mostly benefits blue states.

October 28, 2021

Biden drops expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision from budget bill

President Biden has dropped a long-sought expansion of Medicare from his $1.75 trillion social spending bill to the chagrin of far-left Democrats.

October 28, 2021

Biden expected to press House Democrats in-person to shore up domestic agenda

President Biden will journey to Capitol Hill on Thursday to implore House Democrats to strike a deal on two of his top domestic priorities: a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal and a broader social welfare package.

October 27, 2021

21 House Democrats urge Biden to nix IRS reporting requirement

Twenty-one vulnerable House Democrats urged President Biden on Wednesday to scrap a proposal to give the IRS information on bank accounts with more than $10,000 in annual deposits.

October 27, 2021

‘It’s not over’: Progressives pressure Manchin to save paid family, medical leave

Far-left Democrats are working overtime to pressure Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for the White House's agenda, to drop his opposition to President Biden's paid family and medical leave program.

October 27, 2021

Biden boots paid family leave from $2 trillion social welfare bill

President Biden is dropping paid family and medical leave from his rapidly shrinking trillion-dollar expansion of the federal safety net in a bid to satisfy moderate Democrats.

October 27, 2021

Sanders accuses moderates of ‘sabotage’ as Democrats struggle to finalize social welfare package

Sen. Bernard Sanders cast doubt Wednesday on whether Democrats can reach an agreement on their social welfare package when he vowed not to back off on disputes with party moderates on expanding Medicare, reducing drug prices and taxing billionaires.

October 27, 2021

Manchin signals opposition to billionaire’s tax, floats ‘patriotic tax’ on wealthy

Sen. Joe Manchin III signaled his opposition to a "market-to-market" tax on billionaires to help pay for President Biden's expansion of the federal safety net, instead floating a 15% "patriotic" wealth tax.

October 27, 2021

‘We’ve all agreed’: Manchin backs 15% minimum tax on corporate profits

Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for the White House's agenda, announced his support for a 15% minimum tax on corporate profits Wednesday, signaling the policy would likely be included within President Biden's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill.

October 27, 2021

Vulnerable House Democrats feel the heat over Biden’s $10,000 IRS reporting rule

Vulnerable House Democrats already are feeling the heat over President Biden's proposal to give the IRS information on bank accounts with more than $10,000 in annual deposits.

October 27, 2021

Senate Democrats float 15% minimum tax on corporate profits with Sinema’s blessing

Democrats unveiled a new proposal on Tuesday to impose a 15% minimum tax on corporate profits to help pay for President Biden's multi-trillion-dollar social welfare bill.

October 26, 2021

Democrats’ divisions over Medicare, climate threaten to sink Biden’s domestic agenda

Widespread disagreement among Democrats over Medicare expansion and combating climate change is threatening to wreck two of President Biden's top domestic priorities: the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and a partisan expansion of the federal safety net.

October 26, 2021

Manchin predicts $10,000 IRS reporting rule will be stripped from budget bill: ‘Gone’

Sen. Joe Manchin III said Tuesday that new regulations giving the IRS information on bank accounts with more than $10,000 in annual deposits or withdrawals would be left out of President Biden's multitrillion-dollar expansion of the federal safety net.

October 26, 2021