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Democrats’ push to include a national climate bank in infrastructure package gets some GOP support

President Biden's calls for the creation of a national climate bank -- intended to bolster investment in green energy and wean the country off -- fossil fuels were endorsed Wednesday by two Republican members of Congress from energy states.

June 2, 2021

Roadwork ahead: Biden’s electric vehicle future heading for huge potholes

President Biden's goal of transitioning the country from gasoline-powered vehicles to electric cars is fraught with challenges, including sticker shock for consumers and the knotty logistics of recharging batteries.

June 2, 2021

Ron DeSantis reelection campaign to center around Florida’s handling COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic may be receding nationally, but the issue will be a major factor in GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis' reelection campaign next year in Florida.

June 1, 2021

Eleanor Holmes Norton introduces bill requiring ‘gender equality’ in crash-test dummies

Democratic Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District's non-voting representative in the House, wants to see greater gender parity in crash-test dummies.

June 1, 2021

Virginia governor’s race tests post-Trump GOP support in suburbs

The Virginia gubernatorial election this year will be the first test of whether Republicans can improve their standing among suburban voters with former President Donald Trump out of office.

May 31, 2021

GOP Sen. Pat Toomey demands Twitter resurrect two Biden nominees’ deleted posts

Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican, is demanding Twitter resurrect deleted posts from two of President Biden's embattled nominees for senior-level positions at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

May 27, 2021

Paul Ryan re-emerges to slam Trump, warn GOP against rallying behind ‘one personality’

Former House Speaker Paul D. Ryan plans to lay out his vision for a post-Trump Republican Party on Thursday during a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.

May 27, 2021

Senate GOP proposes $928 billion infrastructure package as White House talks stall

Republican lawmakers on Thursday said they aim to spend more than $920 billion on fixing the nation's roads and bridges as they announced their counteroffer to President Biden's infrastructure plan.

May 27, 2021

Senate Democrats poised to strip tax credits for oil and natural gas in a party-line vote

Democratic lawmakers attempted to ram legislation through the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday that would strip federal tax credits from the oil and natural gas industries, as part of a broader effort to remake the U.S. economy.

May 26, 2021

Mitch McConnell: Joe Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal will hamper counterterrorism efforts

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted the White House on Tuesday for its commitment to pulling U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, arguing the move would hamper efforts to fight terrorism in the Middle East.

May 25, 2021

GOP lawmakers accuse Biden of letting Federal Reserve pursue ‘woke’ agenda as inflation looms

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee accused the Biden administration on Monday of allowing the Federal Reserve System, which regulates the nation's money supply, to pursue a "highly politicized social agenda" as the threat of inflation looms.

May 24, 2021

White House eyes change in course amid infrastructure impasse

Negotiations over President Biden's massive infrastructure plan have hit a snag and the White House and congressional allies threatened Sunday to move toward a Democrat-only process if Republicans don't acquiesce.

May 23, 2021

GOP lawmakers demand Biden administration turn over evidence linking COVID-19 to Chinese lab

Republican lawmakers on Friday demanded Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas provide information on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including whether evidence exists that the outbreak came from a Chinese laboratory.

May 21, 2021

Dems prod Joe Biden to nix bipartisan infrastructure deal for ‘big, bold’ spending spree

Top Democrats are getting antsy over President Biden's continued negotiations with GOP senators on infrastructure, and they are urging the White House to abandon the talks and move forward on a strictly partisan basis.

May 21, 2021

Joe Biden issues executive order cracking down on ‘financial risks’ of climate change

President Biden issued a major executive order on Thursday requiring federal agencies to analyze and mitigate the financial risks of climate change.

May 20, 2021

Chuck Schumer accuses GOP of shifting ‘goalposts’ on Jan 6. panel

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer accused Republicans on Thursday of shifting "the goalposts" on the congressional commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

May 20, 2021

Senators float revamped Obama-era bond program to pay for infrastructure

Top senators floated a bipartisan compromise Tuesday to pay for new infrastructure spending by bringing back an Obama-era bond program that would shift some of the debt onto state and local governments.

May 18, 2021

Chris Christie will not defer to Trump on potential 2024 presidential run

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he will not yield to Donald Trump when it comes to a potential run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.

May 18, 2021

Joe Biden working two routes in infrastructure negotiation with GOP

The White House has deployed a two-pronged attack to push its more than $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan through Congress: publicly negotiating with Republicans on a bipartisan deal and privately courting swing-vote Democrats in the Senate who would be needed to pass a strictly partisan bill.

May 18, 2021

White House undercuts Biden’s stance on Keystone XL in response to Colonial Pipeline hack

High-level White House officials have undercut President Biden's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline in their rush to respond to a crippling cyberattack that has left much of the East Coast facing gasoline shortages.

May 14, 2021