The US Senate Majority Leader...Senator Schumer admits he's got a hard job getting support to drop the filibuster rule in his chamber to get a Voting Rights piece of legislation passed that would help Democrats counter Republican voter suppression efforts across the … [Read more...] about Don’t look good for a Voting Rights Bill….
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Democratic Senator’s Manchin and Sinema attract Republican donor money….
Anybody surprised with this? These two have worked to blunt legislation that would cost these same donor's money.... Even as Ms. Sinema and Mr. Manchin, both Democrats, have drawn fire from the left for their efforts to shrink and reshape Mr. Biden’s proposals, they have won … [Read more...] about Democratic Senator’s Manchin and Sinema attract Republican donor money….
US House passes Biden ‘Build Back Better’ Social and Climate Bill….
The President and Democrats are almost there on their historic effort to get legislation that they hope help America fully recover from and economic morass spurred on by a pandemic... Price tag around $2 Trillion going over to the Senate....... The President and Democrats … [Read more...] about US House passes Biden ‘Build Back Better’ Social and Climate Bill….
It would appear that Manchin and Sinema’s intransigence has embolden Progressives…
Senator Manchin wants less money spent on Biden's social safety net..... He and Senator Sinema DO want an Infrastructure Bill first so they get credit for the capital spending and then they can pick the social programs bill … [Read more...] about It would appear that Manchin and Sinema’s intransigence has embolden Progressives…
President Biden’s $1.75 Trillion Spending Package Rolled out….
It's half of what he started with... But we know that was just a negociating start off figure.... Biden will have to get his parties two US Senator's Manchin and Sinema and Progressive Democrats to go along with this outline in principal on several bills and his budget … [Read more...] about President Biden’s $1.75 Trillion Spending Package Rolled out….
Are Democrats closing in on a Biden package deal?
Seems so.... Things are up to Democratic Senator's Manchin and Sinema..... Speaker Nancy Pelosi seemed upbeat as she returned from the White House, telling reporters she believed a deal was within reach, though repeatedly declining to say whether it could happen today. … [Read more...] about Are Democrats closing in on a Biden package deal?
How Progressive’s are actually helping their party and Joe Biden….
The media narrative on President Biden's 'Go Big' Infrastructure and Social Safety Net bills along with his budget plan has been Senator Manchin against things.... THAT is NOT completely true..... The real situation is a bit more complicated.... The Democratic Senator … [Read more...] about How Progressive’s are actually helping their party and Joe Biden….
Democratic Progressive’s threaten to derail Biden ‘Go Big ‘ Effort?
REALLY??? Liberals on Tuesday fired a shot across the bow at Democratic leaders by warning that a bipartisan infrastructure bill cannot pass the House as long as Senate centrists remain noncommittal on the larger social benefits package at the heart of President Biden's … [Read more...] about Democratic Progressive’s threaten to derail Biden ‘Go Big ‘ Effort?