Susan Ferrechio
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In blow to Democrats, Senate parliamentarian strikes immigration from Build Back Better
The Senate parliamentarian dealt a significant blow to Democrats seeking to pass a $1.85 trillion social welfare and green energy bill, ruling that the measure cannot include a provision that would legalize millions of workers now living illegally in the United States. → Read More
House riot panel advances contempt resolution against Trump's former chief of staff
A House panel tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol voted Monday to advance contempt charges against former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. → Read More
House plans debt limit vote this week as deadline looms
Vice President Kamala Harris has been described as a “bully” in a new report that details her as the “common denominator” behind a recent exodus of staffers. → Read More
Republicans block defense bill, stalling Schumer's December spending sprint
Senate Republicans on Monday blocked a critical defense spending and policy bill, demanding more time to consider amendments, including one related to a Russian fuel pipeline. → Read More
House passes expensive social spending bill that now faces big Senate hurdles
The House of Representatives on Friday passed President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion Build Back Better Act, sending the measure to the Senate, where major hurdles could significantly change, or even halt, the legislation. → Read More
Pelosi pulls off infrastructure win for Biden
Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrestled her reluctant liberal faction into voting to pass a bipartisan infrastructure package, providing President Joe Biden with a desperately needed legislative victory. → Read More
Manchin pitches 'patriotic' 15% billionaires tax
Sen. Joe Manchin, a key centrist Democrat negotiating the party’s massive social welfare spending bill, criticized a new plan to tax billionaires but came up with his own formula. → Read More
Democrats release spending plan that cuts border security and funds abortion
Senate Democrats, facing a December deadline to pass fiscal 2022 spending bills, unveiled the legislation on Monday, immediately causing uproar among GOP lawmakers. → Read More
Democrats set up spending showdowns next week
House and Senate Democrats are preparing for a string of spending showdowns that could blow up the Biden agenda and leave the party even more politically vulnerable ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. → Read More
Pelosi pushes speedy timeline to pass massive spending package
Top Democrats won’t waste any time advancing a massive social welfare spending package when they reconvene this month. → Read More
Senate passes bipartisan infrastructure bill ahead of battle over budget
The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package after months of negotiations and days of floor debate, sending the bill to the House, where Democrats say they’ll consider it in September alongside a much larger bill that would pay for a broad array of social welfare programs. → Read More
Top Republican: GOP won't help raise debt limit to fund $3.5 trillion spending package
The top Senate Republican pledged Monday to oppose a massive spending package Democrats plan to greenlight in a budget vote this week. → Read More
Senate advances $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill
The Senate voted to advance a $1.2 trillion infrastructure measure, setting up final passage as soon as this weekend. → Read More
Senate plans Wednesday vote on bipartisan infrastructure package
The Senate has the votes to advance a bipartisan infrastructure package costing $1.2 trillion tonight, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday. → Read More
Republicans signal trouble ahead of Wednesday test vote on infrastructure
Senate Republicans said they do not plan to vote to advance a $1 trillion infrastructure package on Wednesday unless they see the text of the legislation and the two parties can agree on how to pay for the plan. → Read More
Top Republican names five lawmakers to serve on House riot committee
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has named five Republicans to sit on a special House committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. → Read More
Democrats launch riot committee hearing with testimony from police
U.S. Capitol and D.C. Police will be the first to testify before a new House committee created to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. → Read More
Republicans work to tie Democrats to inflation
Massive spending by Democrats and President Joe Biden has caused skyrocketing prices for gas and other consumer goods, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told fellow Republicans in a letter that pledged to “hold Democrats to account for their reckless handling of the economy.” → Read More
Road race: Democrats force vote on fragile bipartisan infrastructure deal
Republicans say Chuck Schumer is rushing the process and putting the deal in jeopardy. → Read More
'100% hypocrite': Ousted Steve King slams McCarthy’s soft Cheney treatment
Former Rep. Steve King, who lost his seat in a GOP primary after Republican leaders stripped him of his House committee assignments, called out House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for going easy on Trump critic Liz Cheney. → Read More