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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday became the latest Democrat to express confidence that Sen. Joe Manchin would ultimately back the president’s spending plan – even after Manchin once again threw off leaders’ plans for floor action with a blistering statement Monday. Asked in an appearance on CNN whether he was ‘very confident’ President Biden … Read more
Senate Democrats came to an agreement on Tuesday to increase the threshold on their IRS ‘snooping’ plan from $600 to $10,000 in aggregate account flow, but Republicans said it would still invade the privacy of millions of Americans. Under the revised policy, accounts with $10,000 or more in total deposits and withdrawals, excluding wage income, … Read more
Senator Kyrsten Sinema was targeted by another group of protesters on Monday, this time at Reagan National Airport after she landed in Washington D.C. for this week’s Senate session. It was the third time in four days the Arizona Democrat was a target for party activists. Video footage showed Sinema on her cell phone as … Read more
Chuck Schumer calls Republicans stupid for blocking a suspension of the debt ceiling and tells them to ‘get out of the way’ Schumer took to the Senate floor to bash GOP efforts to block a move to hike the nation’s debt ceiling He blamed ‘pure stupidity’ and ‘Republican stupidity’ Republicans blocked his effort to get … Read more
Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema heads back to the White House Wednesday for her fourth meeting in just two days – as progressive lawmakers blast her for holding up the party’s social and economic agenda. Sinema is one of two Senate Democrats, along with West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, who are the targets of intensive White … Read more
Trump paid $680,000 to three defense lawyers for their work during his second impeachment trial Trump paid nearly $700,000 to three defense lawyers for their work in his defense during February’s four-day Senate Trial The House had impeached Trump for incitement of an insurrection, after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, but he was later acquitted … Read more
More than 100 state legislators started flying into Washington, D.C. on Monday to join the runaway Texas Democrats in their pressure campaign on the federal government to address voting rights issues across the country. The ‘week of action’, they are calling it, attempts to urge senators to forgo their August recess to instead pass the … Read more
Donald Trump has around $102 million cash on hand, new federal campaign filings made this weekend reveal, and the former president claimed he brought in $82 million in contributions in the first half of 2021. According to WinRed, the GOP’s main contribution site, Trump has raised far more money than any other Republican. He has … Read more
REVEALED: President Biden is spending more than $2 billion to halt border wall construction as thousands of migrants flood into the US every day President Joe Biden has spent around $2 billion in six months to suspend border wall construction, a new Republican congressional report found The report states the administration is spending $3 million … Read more
Rep. Hank Johnson has been arrested on Capitol Hill during a protest over voting rights, just one week after the detention of fellow Black Caucus member Joyce Beatty. The Democratic congressman, 66, was cuffed with zip ties by Capitol police officers outside the Hart Senate Office Building Thursday where he and other voting rights advocates had gathered … Read more