Biden at Capitol to Pitch $1.75T Agenda, Unite Democrats
Written by LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM President Joe Biden traveled to Capitol Hill...
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House Passes $3.5T Biden Blueprint After Deal With Moderates
Written by LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Striking a deal with moderates, House Democratic leaders have muscled President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle, ending a risky standoff and putting...
Read MoreBudget Clash Pits Moderate Democrats Against Biden, Pelosi
Written by ALAN FRAM Outnumbered and with their party’s most powerful leaders arrayed against them, nine moderate Democrats trying to upend plans for enacting President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar domestic program face...
Read MoreCensus Data Kicks off Effort To Reshape US House Districts
Written by DAVID A. LIEB and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide —...
Read MoreFor Missouri Congresswoman, Eviction Fight Is Personal
Written by BRIAN SLODYSKO and JIM SALTER Roughly two decades before she was elected to Congress, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lived in a Ford Explorer with her then-husband and two young children after the family had been evicted...
Read MoreA Look at 8 Lawmakers Appointed to Probe Jan. 6 Attack
Written by KEVIN FREKING House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is acting swiftly to launch a new investigation of the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, choosing a diverse slate of eight lawmakers — one from the opposing party — to...
Read MoreTrump DOJ Seized Data From House Democrats in Leaks Probe
Written by MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO The Justice Department under former President Donald Trump seized data from the accounts of at least two members of the House Intelligence Committee in 2018 as part of an...
Read MoreHouse GOP Ousts Trump Critic Liz Cheney From Top Post
Written by ALAN FRAM and KEVIN FREKING House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber’s No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for his false...
Read MoreDespite Headwinds, House Set To OK Dems’ Immigration Bills
Written by ALAN FRAM Democrats seem poised to claim victory in the House’s first votes this year on immigration, but moving legislation on the divisive issue all the way through Congress to President Joe Biden is an uphill...
Read MoreAdvocates Seek Biden Push on Gun Bills, but Prospects Iffy
Written by ALEXANDRA JAFFE After President Joe Biden’s giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a Rose Garden ceremony. But there wasn’t so much as a statement from...
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