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Manchin: Democrats hold responsibility for raising debt ceiling unilaterally if GOP refuses

Sen. Joe Manchin III argued Tuesday that if Republicans refuse to support a bipartisan hike to the debt ceiling, then Democrats have the responsibility of doing it unilaterally.

October 26, 2021

Democrats feel crunch to pass Biden’s spending bill ahead of climate summit, funding deadline

Congressional Democrats are trying to muscle through a deal on the White House's multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill before President Biden leaves town, but some key moderates are calling for still more cuts to be made in exchange for their support.

October 25, 2021

Manchin ‘open’ to billionaires tax to pay for Biden’s multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill

Sen. Joe Manchin III on Monday said he was open to a wealth tax on billionaires to help pay for President Biden's roughly $2 trillion social welfare and climate bill.

October 25, 2021

Manchin signals deal on partisan spending bill could happen by week’s end

Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for the White House's legislative agenda, signaled Monday that a broad agreement among Democrats on President Biden's multi-trillion dollar social spending bill could be at hand.

October 25, 2021

‘90% agreed to’: Biden meets with Manchin in Delaware to sell new billionaire’s tax

President Biden hosted Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a key swing vote for his legislative agenda, in Delaware on Sunday as Democrats weighed a billionaire's tax to help pay for their multitrillion-dollar expansion of the federal safety net.

October 24, 2021

‘Fair share’: Democrats eye billionaire’s tax to help push Biden spending bill across finish line

Congressional Democrats are weighing a new tax on the income and assets of the nation's leading billionaires -- a provision many believe can help get President Biden's multi-trillion-dollar expansion of the federal safety net across the finish line.

October 22, 2021

‘Got to happen’: Democrats redouble efforts to secure a deal on spending bill

Congressional Democrats redoubled their efforts Thursday to finalize President Biden's multitrillion-dollar expansion of the social safety net, with both moderates and progressives arguing the time has come for a deal to be made.

October 21, 2021

Manchin admits discussing party switch to give Dems cover on spending bill

Sen. Joe Manchin III admitted on Thursday that he had broached the topic of a party switch with fellow Democrats as a way to give them cover for his intransigence on President Biden's multitrillion-dollar expansion of the federal safety net.

October 21, 2021

‘Hard no’: Manchin deflates Democratic push for shorter timelines to save Biden spending bill

Sen. Joe Manchin, a key swing vote for the White House's legislative agenda, argued Thursday that it would be disingenuous for President Biden's multitrillion-dollar, 10-year social welfare bill to fund some key programs over a shorter five-year period to mask its true cost from voters.

October 21, 2021

Police want charges against Arizona protesters who confronted Sinema in bathroom

The campus police at Arizona State University on Thursday recommended that charges be brought against four protesters who filmed themselves accosting Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in a public restroom at the school over her opposition to key parts of President Biden's multitrillion-dollar, 10-year spending bill.

October 21, 2021

‘Us or Joe Manchin’: Activists launch hunger strike at White House to press Biden on climate change

Five environmental activists launched a hunger strike Wednesday in front of the White House, protesting President Biden's willingness to compromise on his climate change agenda.

October 21, 2021

‘Buying people out of poverty’: GOP blasts Biden for looser rules on new entitlement programs

Republicans blasted President Biden on Wednesday for pushing overly generous entitlement programs within his multitrillion-dollar partisan spending bill, arguing the initiatives will only slow America's post-coronavirus economic recovery.

October 20, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Over 100 House Republicans warn Biden’s spending bill will worsen supply chain woes

More than 100 House Republicans warned on Wednesday that President Biden's multi-trillion dollar social spending bill is only likely to exacerbate the nation's supply chain shortages.

October 20, 2021

Sinema stares down Democrats over increases in corporate, income taxes

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a top Democratic swing vote for the White House's legislative agenda, has ruled out scrapping the Trump-era tax cuts in order to pay for the entitlement and climate-change programs within President Biden's multi-trillion-dollar partisan spending bill.

October 20, 2021

Biden makes pitch for economic agenda in childhood home of Scranton

President Biden struck an optimistic tone Wednesday about the fate of his two massive spending bills on social-welfare programs and infrastructure as he visited his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to emphasize his blue-collar credentials.

October 20, 2021

Manchin denies he’s leaving Democratic Party as negotiations heat up on Biden spending bill

Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for President Biden's legislative agenda, denied published speculation on Wednesday that he was considering bolting the Democratic Party.

October 20, 2021

‘Very possible’: Biden, Dems move closer to a deal on scaled-back spending bill

The Democratic Party's warring political factions on Wednesday moved incrementally closer to a final agreement on President Biden's massive party line spending bill.

October 20, 2021

Democrats again pledge unity on finalizing $3.5 trillion spending bill despite long odds

Congressional Democrats touted their uniform resolve to finally strike a deal on President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal welfare state on Tuesday, but despite the rhetoric and another attempt by the president to mediate, strong divisions remain over how to move forward.

October 19, 2021

Manchin rules out carbon tax in Biden’s $3.5 trillion social welfare and climate-change bill

Senate Energy Committee Chairman Joe Manchin III on Tuesday killed another major climate-change initiative that Democrats were hoping to include within President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal safety net.

October 19, 2021

‘Not good enough’: Democrats scale back $600 IRS disclosure after backlash

Congressional Democrats were forced to retreat Tuesday from a plan to give the IRS access to bank information on customer accounts with more than $600 in annual deposits or withdrawals after widespread backlash from the public and the financial industry.

October 19, 2021