A cadre of moderate House Democrats forced Speaker Nancy Pelosi to retreat from holding an initial vote on President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of America's social safety net. Published August 24, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was poised to force an initial vote Monday evening on President Biden's $3.5 trillion expansion of America's social safety net, gambling that the president's arm-twisting tactics were sufficient to bring a cadre of moderate Democrats to heel. Published August 23, 2021
President Biden and senior administration officials, including members of the Cabinet, have begun making personal pleas to moderate House Democrats to support his $3.5 trillion expansion of the welfare state. Published August 23, 2021
Two House Republicans plan to introduce legislation on Friday to counter Cuba's efforts to censor dissidents on the internet. Published August 20, 2021
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernard Sanders is preparing a national campaign swing to drum up support for President Biden's $3.5 trillion package of social welfare spending. Published August 19, 2021
The conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity is launching a six-figure advertising campaign to pressure 13 moderate House Democrats into opposing President Biden's multitrillion-dollar spending bills. Published August 18, 2021
House Oversight and Reform Committee Republicans sounded the alarm Tuesday about hundred of billions of taxpayer dollars that have been improperly spent on one of the government's largest and fastest-growing entitlement programs. Published August 17, 2021
Democrats are planning a massive expansion of the IRS to help pay for their $3.5 trillion party-line spending package, with lawmakers even proposing to give the federal agency access to private information on how Americans spend their money. Published August 16, 2021
A group of moderate House Democrats rejected Speaker Nancy Pelosi's attempts to fashion a compromise on the timing of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package and a broader $3.5 trillion party line spending bill. Published August 16, 2021
A leading moderate House Democrat criticized President Biden on Sunday for botching the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, only hours after the Taliban effectively took control of the country. Published August 15, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday, responding to mounting pressure from moderate Democrats, proposed conducting simultaneous votes to advance both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the more ambitious $3.5 trillion Democrat wishlist spending measure. Published August 15, 2021
Former President Donald Trump mocked Democrats on Friday over the country's mounting domestic and international problems, even asking if voters were pining for the days of his administration. Published August 13, 2021
Pressure is mounting from moderate House Democrats for Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold a stand-alone vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package, rather than her plan to wait for the Senate to first pass a $3.5 trillion party-line spending bill. Published August 13, 2021
House Republicans on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee demanded on Thursday that President Biden abandon budgetary restrictions on the fossil fuel industry in light of the White House pushing OPEC to boost oil production. Published August 12, 2021
Moderate Senate Democrats are preparing to exert their influence over President Biden's $3.5 trillion party-line spending package, exposing the ideological rift that threatens to derail the massive proposal. Published August 11, 2021
Former President Donald Trump lambasted Democrats on Wednesday for advancing their $3.5 trillion party line spending package in the "dark of night," arguing the legislation presents an "assault" on the "American dream." Published August 11, 2021
Vulnerable House Democrats are facing a long and arduous pressure campaign to oppose President Biden's $3.5 trillion party-line spending bill, with Republican-allied outfits prepared to spend millions to defeat it. Many see the mounting pressure campaign as the reason why Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has recalled the chamber to Washington for an initial vote on the package in mid-August. Published August 11, 2021
Nearly all Senate Republicans are pledging to oppose extending the federal debt ceiling as Democrats race to enact a $3.5 trillion party line spending package. Published August 10, 2021
Senate Republicans are forcing Democrats to take a public stand on some of their party's most controversial issues during a marathon voting session on President Biden's $3.5 trillion party-line "human infrastructure" spending bill. Published August 10, 2021
The Senate passed the White House's $1.2 trillion infrastructure package on Tuesday, clearing a large hurdle for one of President Biden's key domestic priorities. Published August 10, 2021
