Igor Bobic
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Recent articles by Igor:
Child Tax Credit Won’t Get ‘Work Requirement,’ Democrats Say
A work requirement would wreck the child tax credit's impact on child poverty. → Read More
Democrats Hit Tax Snag As They Finalize Build Back Better Deal
“Every sensible revenue option seems to be destroyed,” Sen. Bernie Sanders complained Wednesday. → Read More
Democrats’ Tax-The-Rich Plan Keeps Shrinking
Kyrsten Sinema is far from the only Democratic obstacle to the party’s original tax plan. → Read More
Democrats Come To Grips With Building Back Smaller
They haven’t yet found a way around Kyrsten Sinema or Joe Manchin. → Read More
This Is The Dumbest Debt Ceiling Standoff
Republicans have no demands, but Democrats still won't just get rid of the debt limit. → Read More
Senate Republicans Offer Short-Term Deal To Avoid Debt Default
The debt limit standoff would pause until December if Democrats take Mitch McConnell's deal. → Read More
Senate Republicans Shrug Off Candidates With Domestic Violence Allegations
Three GOP Senate candidates, including two with Trump’s backing, have been accused of violence against women. Republicans don’t seem to mind. → Read More
Republicans Swear They Won't Blink On Debt Limit
They refuse to allow a straight up-or-down vote on lifting the debt ceiling, insisting on making the job as hard as possible with time quickly running out. → Read More
Secret Joe Manchin ‘Agreement’ With Chuck Schumer Leaves Democrats Scrambling
“It’s pretty sad if you ask me,” Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii said when asked about the West Virginia senator's outline of a $1.5 trillion reconciliation bill. → Read More
Joe Manchin Says He Won’t Support Reconciliation Bill That Costs More Than $1.5 Trillion
"I cannot accept our economy or basically our society moving towards an entitlement mentality." → Read More
Senator Kyrsten Sinema Emerges As Main Obstacle To Joe Biden's Legislative Agenda
The Arizona senator's opaqueness is leading to frustration among progressives and others close to the president's administration. → Read More
There's A Really Simple Way To Raise The Debt Ceiling. Republicans Object To It.
All Republican lawmakers have to do is, well, nothing. → Read More
Why Don’t Democrats Just Ditch The Debt Ceiling?
Democrats could make debt limit standoffs a thing of the past — if they wanted to. → Read More
Republicans Filibuster Bill Averting Government Shutdown, Debt Default
Congress has only a few days to act before the federal government shuts down and begins furloughing workers in the middle of a pandemic. → Read More
Joe Biden Seeks To Unite Democrats In Do-Or-Die Moment For His Agenda
The president held a series of meetings with lawmakers on Wednesday in an attempt to quell the warring progressive and moderate factions in his party. → Read More
Senate Republicans Are Set To Block Debt Limit Increase
A debt default would be like a government shutdown on steroids. → Read More
Chuck Schumer Criticizes Biden Administration Over Treatment Of Haitian Migrants
The Democratic Senate majority leader urged President Joe Biden to cease the expulsion of Haitian migrants who have been massing at the U.S.-Mexico border. → Read More
Democrats Move To Call GOP Bluff On Debt Limit
It’s a risky gambit ― and one that could easily backfire. → Read More
Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against Path To Citizenship In Democrats' Spending Bill
The ruling is a setback for immigration reform advocates working on behalf of the country's nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants. → Read More
Rally In Support Of Capitol Attackers Draws A Small Crowd
Members of the media and law enforcement outnumbered the far-right Trump supporters who showed up in Washington on Saturday. → Read More