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Manchin hits back at Sanders criticism in fight over Biden investment plan
Vermont senator chides Manchin over lack of support for bill Progressive-centrist impasse holds up Biden’s reform agenda Internal party warfare between progressive and moderate Democrats…
Winemaking and marathon running: what Kyrsten Sinema does instead of her job
Sinema is one of two Democrat holdouts against passing Biden’s Build Back Better agenda – but hasn’t made public why. Here’s what she is public…
Andrew Yang leaves Democratic Party to form his own
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang’s outsider primary run and signature support for a universal basic income made him a star for some Democratic voters, but his prospects…
Ocasio-Cortez says it’s possible to shorten years on funding programs to compromise on reconciliation bill
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Sunday it’s possible that progressives could compromise on fully funding certain programs for fewer years in an effort to lower…
Biden headed to Capitol with agenda in the balance
President Biden will travel to Capitol Hill Friday afternoon to meet with members of the House Democratic caucus to try to resolve an impasse around the…
Manchin throws down gauntlet with progressives
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is in the driver’s seat and letting liberal Democrats in the House and Senate know that he plans to set the…
House Democrats unveil legislation to curtail presidential power
House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled legislation that aims to curtail presidential power and protect against abuse of power by future presidents, in an apparent rebuke of President…
Democrats’ 2022 midterms map is rapidly dwindling
Democrats are trying to unseat only about half as many Republican House members next year as they did in 2020, trimming their target list from…
How Democrats could actually pass their new voting rights bill | The fight to vote
Despite the huge obstacle that the filibuster poses, this new bill is significant – Democrats aren’t willing to let voting reform go Happy Thursday, Continue…
Biden to meet with Manchin, Sinema on party-line megabill
President Joe Biden is set to meet with Democrats’ two most prominent holdouts on their massive social spending package: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. The…
Senate Democrats unveil new voting rights bill
A group of Senate Democrats unveiled new voting rights legislation on Tuesday in another attempt by the party to pass sweeping changes to federal elections…
Biden looks to climate to sell economic agenda
President Biden is trying to return the focus to his economic agenda as the White House ratchets up its messaging effort on the massive spending…
House Democrats will consider $2.9T in tax hikes — mostly on the wealthy and corporations
House Democrats will consider as much as $2.9 trillion in tax hikes for the next 10 years — mostly on the extremely wealthy and corporate…
Ocasio-Cortez raises over $300k for Texas pro-choice groups
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) announced Friday that her email and social media campaigns in support of Texas abortion rights groups and health centers had raised…
Schumer’s high-stakes climate play
It’s just over two months until a pivotal United Nations climate summit, and if Capitol Hill’s importance to the equation wasn’t already clear, it sure…
Hochul adds 12,000 deaths to Covid tally, departing from Cuomo methods
Gov. Kathy Hochul, in one of her first acts as the new leader of New York, overhauled how the state releases Covid-19 death data to…
Biden spoke to Hochul before swearing in
President Biden spoke with Kathy Hochul on Monday before she was sworn in as governor of New York and expressed a desire to host her…
House Democrats break internal impasse to adopt $3.5T budget plan
House Democrats on Tuesday rallied behind a new strategy to advance President Biden’s economic agenda, shortly after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) struck a deal with…
Pelosi barrels toward budget showdown with Dem centrists
The standoff between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a group of House Democratic moderates will come to a head as soon as Monday, as leadership barrels…
New York Dems brace for a new era in the state party Cuomo made his own
ALBANY — New York’s Democratic Party for much of the past decade has been one of the many tools Andrew Cuomo wielded to exert his…
House Democrats introduce John Lewis voting rights bill
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – one the most highly touted Democratic priorities this session – was introduced Tuesday, with the expectation that…
Two weeks noticed: Politicians wary of Cuomo’s resignation timetable
David Paterson, Cuomo’s predecessor as New York governor, called his decision to wait 14 days to step down “suspicious.” Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/two-weeks-noticed-politicians-wary-cuomo-s-resignation-timetable-n1276710 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out…
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