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Biden, Sinema to meet as pressure mounts over fate of $3.5T spending bill

President Biden will meet with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a critical swing vote for his domestic agenda, on Tuesday as Democrats ramp up efforts to secure a compromise on Mr. Biden's proposed $3.5 trillion, 10-year social welfare package.

October 19, 2021

Senate Democrats try to shore up climate change funding in annual spending bills

Democrats rushed to shore up federal funding for climate change initiatives on Monday after Sen. Joe Manchin III, a West Virginia Democrat and key swing vote, put the kibosh on President Biden's clean electricity plan.

October 18, 2021

Manchin leaves Democrats scrambling on climate change after killing major green energy bill

President Biden and congressional Democrats are scrambling to find a way to significantly address climate change after Sen. Joe Manchin III has signaled his opposition to the administration's proposal to phase out fossil fuels from electricity production.

October 17, 2021

‘Recipe for disaster’: Arkansas governor says Trump’s voter fraud allegations could hurt GOP in 2022

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson argued on Sunday that former President Donald Trump's allegations of voter fraud during the 2020 election could spell disaster for Republicans in the upcoming midterms.

October 17, 2021

Kinzinger defends Biden over call to prosecute individuals defying Jan. 6 subpoenas

Rep. Adam Kinzinger defended President Biden's calls for the Justice Department to prosecute individuals who defy a subpoena from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

October 17, 2021

‘No reason at all’: Dr. Fauci OKs holiday festivities for vaccinated Americans

Dr. Anthony Fauci says vaccinated Americans can return to holding in-person holiday festivities.

October 17, 2021

Transportation Secretary Buttigieg: Supply chain issues to plague U.S. well ‘into next year’

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that the supply chain issues wracking the U.S. economy are likely to "continue into next year."

October 17, 2021

Sanders, Manchin spar in West Virginia over $3.5 trillion spending bill

The gaping political divisions among Democrats over President Biden's $3.5 trillion social welfare and climate change bill were put on public display in West Virginia on Friday.

October 15, 2021

Groups behind Primary Sinema super PAC bankrolled by George Soros

A recently launched super PAC working to lay the groundwork for a primary challenge against moderate Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in 2024 has strong financial ties to left-wing Hungarian billionaire George Soros.

October 15, 2021

Far-left Dems plan to purge moderates from the party as payback for resisting Biden’s $3.5T bill

The political impasse among Democrats over President Biden's $3.5 trillion social welfare and climate change bill has convinced liberals that the only way to advance their agenda is by purging moderates and taking over the party.

October 14, 2021

Democrats hike federal debt ceiling by $480 billion

The House of Representatives narrowly passed a debt-ceiling increase on Tuesday, averting a default on U.S. debts until at least December when lawmakers will once again face a showdown on the issue.

October 12, 2021

House Budget Committee chairman retires amid Democratic infighting over $3.5T social spending bill

The Democratic chairman of the House Budget Committee announced his retirement from Congress on Tuesday amid the party's infighting over President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal safety net.

October 12, 2021

Pelosi: $600 IRS reporting threshold subject to ‘negotiation’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi retreated from President Biden's push to give the Internal Revenue Service access to all bank transactions above $600 on Tuesday, saying that while she was committed to the policy its threshold would be subject to "negotiation."

October 12, 2021

George Soros-funded groups ramp up pressure on Manchin, Sinema

Progressive groups tied to left-wing Hungarian billionaire George Soros are using the congressional recess to pressure the two Senate Democrats standing in the way of President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal safety net.

October 11, 2021

‘Stop obstructing’: Soros-funded group protests Sinema at Boston Marathon over $3.5T spending bill

A progressive political action group, funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros, protested Sen. Kyrsten Sinema at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

October 11, 2021

‘Surveillance state’: GOP sees government overreach in Biden IRS $600 disclosure plan

A proposal to give the IRS access to all financial transactions above $600 is raising concerns among congressional Republicans about government overreach.

October 8, 2021

Senate narrowly passes short-term debt ceiling hike, delaying default showdown and dividing GOP

The Senate narrowly passed a short-term debt ceiling hike on Thursday, averting a default on U.S. debts until at least December when lawmakers will face a showdown on the topic again.

October 7, 2021

‘Entitlement society’: Progressives refuse to pull political goodies from $3.5T social welfare bill

President Biden's stalled $3.5 trillion social welfare bill, the subject of intense and prolonged negotiations between moderate and liberal Democrats over possible cuts, is loaded with progressive goodies that would expand the entitlement state.

October 7, 2021

‘We blinked’: McConnell criticized by other GOP senators over debt ceiling deal

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing internal opposition from his caucus over his deal with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling for two months.

October 7, 2021

Senate readies vote to hike debt ceiling until December amid GOP tensions

Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal on Thursday to avert a default on U.S. debts until early December, but it remains to be seen how many GOP lawmakers will fall in line.

October 7, 2021