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Republicans, Democrats agree to delay debt ceiling showdown until December

Democrats accepted an offer from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday for a short-term suspension of the debt ceiling, delaying a showdown over the nation's borrowing limit until December.

October 6, 2021

Mitch McConnell offers Democrats a way out of debt ceiling standoff

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered Democrats the opportunity to step back from the fiscal cliff on Wednesday.

October 6, 2021

Sen. Manchin rules out altering filibuster to raise debt ceiling

Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for President Biden's agenda, on Wednesday ruled out altering the Senate's 60-vote filibuster threshold to help Democrats raise the nation's debt limit.

October 6, 2021

‘It’s a real possibility’: Biden, Senate Democrats float busting filibuster to raise debt ceiling

Senate Democrats are quietly exploring whether there is sufficient support to exempt raises in the debt ceiling from the chamber's 60-vote filibuster threshold.

October 5, 2021

‘Nasty side of the aisle’: Biden, Democrats turn blind eye as far-left rages against moderates

Democrats from the White House on down are largely looking the other way as far-left activists wage a campaign of intimidation and harassment against two moderate Democratic senators who oppose President Biden's $3.5 trillion social-welfare bill.

October 5, 2021

Soros bankrolling far-left groups harassing Manchin, Sinema over opposition to $3.5T spending bill

George Soros, a left-wing Hungarian billionaire, is bankrolling groups exerting pressure and intimidation campaigns against the two moderate Democratic senators standing in the way of President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal safety net.

October 5, 2021

‘Two people’: Democrats facing reality of cutting Biden’s social welfare bill

Democrats are being thwarted by strong party divisions over how to move forward on key parts of President Biden's economic agenda as lawmakers face the harsh reality that they must cut the president's $3.5 trillion social welfare bill to secure its passage.

October 4, 2021

Chuck Schumer sets end-of-month deadline for infrastructure, reconciliation bills to pass

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Monday said it was pivotal for Congress to pass both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal safety net by the end of October, echoing a timetable set by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

October 4, 2021

‘Russian roulette’: Biden rips Republicans for filibuster threats on debt limit increase

President Biden on Monday urged Congress to raise the debt ceiling, blaming Republicans for the impasse and warning of a potential economic calamity if the U.S. defaults on its financial obligations for the first time in history.

October 4, 2021

House Democrats narrowly pass legislation to suspend debt ceiling

House Democrats on Wednesday narrowly passed a stand-alone bill to suspend the debt ceiling, likely averting a government shutdown Thursday but leaving open the possibility that the U.S. could default on its debts next month.

September 29, 2021

Biden, Democrats still short of goal on big-spending agenda after months of dealmaking

President Biden was making scant visible progress Wednesday on his make-or-break domestic agenda, despite months of meeting repeatedly with Democratic factions who still can't agree on two major spending bills that form the centerpiece of his presidency.

September 29, 2021

‘McConnell was not bluffing’: Senate Democrats debate retreat from debt ceiling standoff

Senate Democrats are quietly debating a strategic retreat from their standoff with Republicans on the debt ceiling, arguing the fight is not worth shutting down the government.

September 28, 2021

Dominion Energy looks to offshore wind to power Virginia’s future

Twenty-seven miles off the coast of Virginia, Dominion Energy is preparing for the future of electricity generation. The project dovetails with President Biden's pledge to lower greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50% by 2030. To meet the goal, the White House is specifically targeting utility companies, while also proposing to spend $3 billion on offshore wind.

September 28, 2021

Democrats, GOP barrel toward government shutdown

Republicans and Democrats are once again careening toward a government shutdown and credit default.

September 24, 2021

Senate Dems undercut Schumer’s claims of unity on tax hikes: ‘We don’t have an agreement’

Members of Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer's leadership team contradicted his claims Thursday that Democrats had agreed to a "framework" of tax hikes to pay for a $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal welfare state.

September 23, 2021

White House reaches agreement on tax hikes with Hill Democrats for $3.5 trillion package

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced on Thursday that the White House and Congressional Democrats have agreed on a broad "framework" of tax hikes to pay for President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal safety net.

September 23, 2021

House Democrats introduce stand-alone bill to fund Iron Dome

House Democrats introduced a stand-alone bill Wednesday that would fund Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system after progressives pulled the funding from Tuesday's stopgap bill to fund the government.

September 22, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Chamber of Commerce pressing House Republicans to save $1.2T infrastructure bill

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pressuring House Republicans to save President Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure package in the face of rising opposition from far-left Democrats.

September 22, 2021

‘Don’t give up’: Trump rallies GOP to oppose raising the debt limit

Former President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans on Wednesday to hold the line in their refusal to help Democrats raise the federal debt ceiling.

September 22, 2021

Biden meeting with top Democrats as infrastructure, spending deadlines loom

President Biden is being forced to referee congressional Democrats in hopes of saving his top two domestic priorities from being felled by intraparty divisions.

September 22, 2021