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Pelosi: No infrastructure deal unless Senate passes bill of liberal priorities

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Thursday to block any infrastructure package until the Senate passes, along party lines if necessary, a "human infrastructure" package filled with liberal priorities such as job training for felons and new climate change regulations.

June 24, 2021

Biden, bipartisan lawmakers strike deal on $1 trillion infrastructure package

President Biden and a bipartisan group of lawmakers struck a deal on infrastructure Thursday, although it remains to be seen if the nearly $1 trillion package can garner widespread support in Congress.

June 24, 2021

Biden agenda stalls amid Dem discord: ‘Nothing Democrats love more than to fight amongst ourselves’

President Biden's legislative agenda has stalled in the face of stiff Republican opposition and, more troubling for the White House, growing divisions among Democrats on Capitol Hill.

June 24, 2021

Democrats pitch ‘shovel-ready’ jobs plan that would support green causes

Democrats pitched a civilian climate corps on Wednesday they said would help solve youth unemployment while creating "shovel-ready" jobs that cut carbon emissions by the U.S. economy.

June 23, 2021

House Republicans form Conservative Climate Caucus to push back

More than 40 House Republicans launched the Conservative Climate Caucus on Wednesday to offer "reasonable" climate change solutions in response to Democratic "extremism" on the topic.

June 23, 2021

Senate Democrats halt committee vote on repeal of military force authorization, bow to GOP demand

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez has honored a Republican request and hit the brakes on a bill to repeal Iraq War authorizations, a Menendez spokesman said.

June 22, 2021

Clash between Clinton, Sanders wings of Dem Party revived in House special election in Ohio

The special election in Ohio's 11th Congressional District has become one of the Biden era's first campaign trail skirmish between the far-left and establishment Democrats.

June 22, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: GOP senators demand public hearings before voting to repeal Iraq War authorization

Senate Republicans are demanding that Congress hold public hearings before voting to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.

June 21, 2021

New GOP support for infrastructure deal ups pressure on fragile Democratic unity

Pressure is mounting on congressional Democrats and President Biden after 11 GOP senators signaled their support for a bipartisan infrastructure deal.

June 17, 2021

Schumer ready to go it alone on infrastructure regardless of bipartisan talks

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer signaled on Wednesday that Democrats would move forward alone on ramming through an infrastructure-related climate change package, regardless of how bipartisan talks on the topic shake out.

June 16, 2021

‘No climate, no deal’: Progressives threaten bipartisan infrastructure deal

Progressive Democrats are threatening to blow up the bipartisan infrastructure package being debated within the Senate if their aggressive climate change demands are not met.

June 15, 2021

War on coal goes global: Biden’s G-7 pledge irks America’s energy industry

America's energy industry is castigating President Biden's pledge to end public support for overseas coal projects, seeing the move as the latest manifestation of the Democrats' "war on coal."

June 15, 2021

Bipartisan lawmakers reach ‘tentative’ infrastructure deal

A bipartisan group of senators announced on Thursday they had reached a "tentative" infrastructure deal that funds major improvements to the nation's roads and bridges, but both Democrats and Republicans voiced deep skepticism that the compromise would survive.

June 10, 2021

‘Why give them a win?’: New infrastructure talks spur GOP fears of a Biden double-cross

GOP lawmakers are beginning to fret that a bipartisan group of senators attempting to resuscitate infrastructure talks is giving a facade of bipartisanship to President Biden's plan to force through massive spending and tax hikes with only Democratic votes.

June 10, 2021

Manchin introduces legislation requiring equal pay for U.S. women’s national soccer team

Sen. Joe Manchin III on Wednesday led fellow Democrats in introducing legislation that would force the U.S. national soccer team to pay an equitable sum to male and female players.

June 9, 2021

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party's unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes.

June 8, 2021

Las Vegas Democrat floats national COVID-19 vaccine lottery: $1 million prizes

A congressional Democrat representing Las Vegas introduced legislation on Tuesday to create a national vaccine lottery with $1 million payouts from U.S. taxpayer dollars.

June 8, 2021

‘New Mitch McConnell’: Democrats go from wooing to booing Manchin for blocking Biden’s agenda

Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia went from being wooed by fellow Democrats to booed in the span of one weekend after reasserting his opposition to abolishing the filibuster to ram through a radical elections bill backed by President Biden.

June 7, 2021

White House woos Manchin, fossil fuel workers with promises of climate-change jobs

The White House is upping its efforts to court Sen. Joe Manchin III, a vital Democratic swing-vote for President Biden's agenda, as bipartisan infrastructure talks stall.

June 5, 2021

GOP ready to reject Biden counteroffer of 15% minimum corporate tax to pay for infrastructure

Senate Republican negotiators are poised to reject President Biden's proposal to pay for massive spending on infrastructure by imposing a minimum 15% tax on corporations, The Washington Times has learned.

June 3, 2021