House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said that Democrats are nearing a deal on President Joe Biden‘s ‘Build Back Better’ Act. The social spending bill that Democrats have been negotiating for months includes most of the president’s priorities, including an array of benefits for students, families and the elderly, and …
Read More »Democrat Joe Manchin Endorses Republican Lisa Murkowski For Reelection
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said that he would endorse Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski for her reelection campaign. “People understand that they have a person that understands Alaska and has Alaska in her blood and in every part of her veins and every morsel of her body,” Manchin told Politico. While Murkowski …
Read More »Democrats Reach Deal On Unemployment Benefits; Vote-a-rama Begins
Senate Democrats struck a deal Friday evening to extend unemployment insurance in President Biden‘s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package after deliberating and halting other action for roughly nine hours. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) finally supported Democrat’s proposal for emergency jobless benefits after hesitating to support an earlier version. Democrats will now …
Read More »Manchin To Vote Against Biden OMB Nominee Neera Tanden
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has announced that he will vote against Neera Tanden, President Biden‘s nominee for the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Manchin released a brief statement on Friday saying that Tanden’s past comments on Twitter about colleagues on both sides of the aisle had …
Read More »Trump’s Legal Team Rejects Invitation To Testify At Impeachment Trial
On Thursday, House Impeachment managers offered Donald Trump the opportunity to testify at his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, but Trump and his legal team quickly rejected the invitation. According to CNN, the move was to get Trump on record about his role surrounding the January 6 Capitol riot. Now, Democrats …
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