by Jordana Choucair | Oct 6, 2021 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden told congressional Democrats that the $3.5 trillion social spending package will likely need to be trimmed to $2.3 trillion or less. During virtual meetings with small groups of House Democrats, the president said the package needed to be pared...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 5, 2021 | D.C. News
The National Institutes of Health announced that Director Francis Collins plans to step down by the end of the year. Collins has spent three decades at the agency, including 12 years at the helm under three consecutive presidents. He is the first presidentially...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 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...
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