Haris Alic

‘No SALT, no deal’: Vulnerable Dems threaten revolt unless $3.5T bill cuts blue-states taxes

A cadre of vulnerable House Democrats has threatened a revolt if President Biden's $3.5 trillion social welfare package does not restore a federal income tax break that mostly benefits blue states.

September 13, 2021

House Dems propose one of the largest tax increases ever to pay for Biden’s $3.5T spending bill

House Democrats on Monday proposed one of the largest tax increases in U.S. history to pay for President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal safety net.

September 13, 2021

Democratic disunity threatens to tank Biden’s domestic agenda

President Biden's two top domestic priorities, a $3.5 trillion, party-line social spending bill and a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, appear to be unraveling with disunity among Democrats.

September 12, 2021

Adam Kinzinger blasts Republicans for fundraising off of opposition to Biden’s vaccine mandate

Rep. Adam Kinzinger lambasted GOP leaders Sunday for fundraising off of their opposition to President Biden's vaccine mandate.

September 12, 2021

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts: GOP AGs mobilizing challenges against Biden’s vaccine mandate

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said Sunday that Republican attorneys general from across the country are mobilizing court challenges to President Biden's vaccine mandate.

September 12, 2021

Justice Stephen Breyer warns Democrats against court-packing: ‘People will lose trust in the court’

Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer on Sunday warned Democrats to jettison the idea of court-packing, saying it would destroy the public's trust in the judicial branch.

September 12, 2021

Manchin doubles down on opposition to $3.5T spending package: Democrats ‘will not have my vote’

Sen. Joe Manchin III reiterated Sunday his opposition to President Biden's $3.5 trillion spending bill.

September 12, 2021

Manchin throws cold water on Dems’ push to prod utilities off fossil fuels: ‘It makes no sense’

Sen. Joe Manchin III signaled Sunday that he opposes a key climate change provision in President Biden's $3.5 trillion spending bill.

September 12, 2021

Senate Dems float corporate tax hikes, penalties on stock buybacks to pay for $3.5T spending bill

Two senior Democratic senators suggested several corporate tax increases on Friday to help pay for President Biden's massive $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal safety net.

September 10, 2021

‘Carrot and stick’: Democrats eye big incentives, fees to prod electric companies off fossil fuels

House Democrats on Thursday added an ambitious program to President Biden's $3.5 trillion social welfare package that would phase out fossil fuels in electricity generation.

September 9, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Budd says Biden stacking Education Dept. with activists ahead of loan forgiveness review

Rep. Ted Budd is accusing the White House of stacking the Education Department with politically motivated activist lawyers ahead of an ambitious reshaping of student loan cancellation rules.

September 8, 2021

Pelosi says ‘negotiations’ could trim Biden’s $3.5T spending bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused on Wednesday to rule out lowering the final amount of President Biden's massive party-line expansion of the social safety net.

September 8, 2021

‘Totally irresponsible’: Pelosi slams GOP for threatening to oppose debt ceiling extension

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized congressional Republicans on Wednesday for threatening to oppose an extension of the federal debt ceiling, arguing that such an act is "totally irresponsible."

September 8, 2021

Voters in House battlegrounds oppose Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending package by double digits

A new poll found that President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of the federal safety net is viewed unfavorably by voters in battleground congressional districts across the country.

September 7, 2021

AFL-CIO courts new generation to shore up liberal membership in post-Trumka era

The AFL-CIO is charting a new direction after the death last month of longtime union President Richard Trumka, but questions linger over whether the union can prevent further defections from its rank-and-file members, who increasingly vote Republican.

September 6, 2021

Teamsters eye new leadership for battle to unionize Amazon

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters will have a new leader for the first time in more than 20 years as the union takes on its biggest adversary in generations: Amazon Inc.

September 5, 2021

Dems block bid to stop Biden’s $3.5T bill from sending taxpayer money to countries with slave labor

House Democratic have rejected legislation to stop President Biden's $3.5 trillion social welfare bill from benefiting countries that use slave labor, such as China, through the federal government's transition to an all-electric vehicle fleet.

September 3, 2021

Manchin urges ‘strategic pause’ on $3.5 trillion Democratic spending bill

Sen. Joe Manchin III urged Congress on Thursday to take a "strategic pause" before considering President Biden's $3.5 trillion party-line spending package over concerns about inflation.

September 2, 2021

McConnell dismisses GOP’s Biden impeachment chatter: ‘That’s not going to happen’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday dismissed the notion that President Biden would be impeached over the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, arguing that a Democratic-controlled Congress would never allow it.

September 1, 2021

House Dems eye scrapping fossil fuel subsidies to pay for $3.5T spending package

House Democrats are eyeing a repeal of all federal subsidies for the fossil fuel industry within President Biden's massive $3.5 trillion spending package, arguing that the move is needed to not only pay for the proposal but also combat climate change and advance "racial justice."

September 1, 2021