Monday, October 4, 2021: D.C. News

Democratic leaders set new target dates for Congress to approve the bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure deal and the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave lawmakers until Halloween to strike a deal while Senate Majority Leader Charles...

Friday, October 1, 2021: D.C. News

President Joe Biden signed a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through December 3. The bill, which cleared the House by a vote of 254-175 and the Senate by a vote of 65-35, gives lawmakers and the White House nine more weeks to reach agreement on...

Thursday, September 30, 2021: D.C. News

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said last night that a deal to avoid a government shutdown had been reached. Both the Senate and the House will likely vote on a continuing resolution today to keep the government funded at current levels through Dec. 3. The...

Wednesday, September 29, 2021: D.C. News

Centrist Democrats are weighing whether new Medicare benefits should go only to lower-income Americans as they look for ways to cut the cost of their party’s sweeping domestic spending bill. Senator Joe Manchin and Representative Henry Cuellar have said benefits need...

Tuesday, September 28, 2021: D.C. News

Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would avert a government shutdown and suspend the debt limit. Democratic leaders could now strip out the debt ceiling provision from the funding bill to pass a clean stopgap spending measure quickly through both chambers ahead of...

Monday, September 27, 2021: D.C. News

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the House will vote on the $1 trillion infrastructure bill Thursday instead of today (Monday). The delay will give Democrats more time to strike a deal among progressives and moderates on a topline figure for the infrastructure bill or...