July 1, 2021 Biden mulling ways to support student loan borrowers when payments resume The Biden Administration is mulling ways to ensure borrowers are supported when federal student loan repayments resume in September, as congressional Democrats push to extend the pause in payments and urge President Biden to unilaterally act to cancel up to $50,000 in debt per borrower.
June 24, 2021 Biden says he won't sign bipartisan spending deal without Democrats' infrastructure wish list President Biden on Thursday touted a new major bipartisan spending deal but warned he wouldn't sign the roughly $1 trillion in roads, bridges and broadband investments unless Congress passes a separate bill on human infrastructure filled with Democratic priorities on expanding the social safety net.
June 24, 2021 Manchin won't commit to progressives' infrastructure wish list putting passage in limbo The delicate political balancing act of passing infrastructure legislation through a divided Senate hit a snag Thursday, with Sen. Joe Manchin saying he's not ready to commit to passing a progressive-backed companion bill that could hit $6 trillion in new spending.
June 22, 2021 Manchin strikes deal with Schumer to vote 'yes' on advancing voting reform bill Sen. Joe Manchin will vote "yes" on advancing a controversial piece of voting reform legislation on Tuesday, though he doesn't support the underlying legislation, in a deal he reached with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., so all 50 Democrats will be united.
June 21, 2021 Biden nominee with CRT ties appears headed for close party-line vote President Biden's nominee to run the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) appears to be headed for a close, party-line vote in the Senate this week amid Republican concerns about her past ties to critical race theory and Ibram X. Kendi.
June 18, 2021 Dems ready to advance Biden nominee that Republicans accuse of promoting critical race theory Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed cloture on President Biden's nomination of Kiran Ahuja to be the director of the Office of Personnel Management, a procedural step that will like set up a confirmation vote next week for the nominee Republicans accuse of espousing critical race theory.
June 18, 2021 David Bossie: Radical Dems attack Manchin – GOP should be ready to welcome West Virginia senator The answer to the question about who’s really in control of the Democrat Party is coming to a head. Is it President Joe Biden or Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.?
June 17, 2021 Senate Democrats' warnings about Justice Barrett proven wrong by Obamacare ruling Senate Democrats repeatedly claimed that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett would strike down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — also known as Obamacare — if she was confirmed, but those predictions were proven false on Thursday.
June 16, 2021 Republican senators to blast S1 as 'Fund the Politicians Act' on floor A group of Republican senators led by Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst are taking to the Senate floor to blast the Democrats’ sweeping election reform bill, calling it the "Fund the Politicians Act."
June 14, 2021 Schumer refers to developmentally disabled children as 'retarded' Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., apologized on Monday after he used the word “retarded” in reference to developmentally disabled children during a podcast interview.