So the backlash begins.
House Republicans swiftly took aim at 13 of their colleagues who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill late Friday night, despite the legislation’s bipartisan passage in the Senate last August.
Continue reading “House GOPers Turn Against 13 Colleagues Who Voted For Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill”After far too long a week, a bit of reality world is in order.
In his apparently humiliating near defeat, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s margin appears to be 50.9% to 48.3% over Jack Ciattarelli. In Virginia the margin of Glenn Youngkin’s triumph appears to be 50.8% to 48.5% over Terry McAuliffe.
We can add to this that Murphy is the first Democratic Governor of New Jersey to be reelected in 44 years. Meanwhile, going back 48 years the party which does not hold the presidency has won the Virginia’s race all but one time. That was when Terry McAuliffe won in 2013.
The House of Representatives on Friday night passed the bipartisan infrastructure package, sending the bill to Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
The chamber is set to consider a procedural vote on the Build Back Better Act, the social spending package, but a vote on the bill itself was delayed by several moderate Democrats’ insistence that it first receive a Congressional Budget Office analysis.
A rather bizarre development in Virginia. On election day Glenn Youngkin’s 17 year old son twice tried to vote illegally. Indeed, he attempted to do so – twice – in a precinct where his family doesn’t even live.
Continue reading “Youngkin’s Son Tried Twice to Vote Illegally on Election Day”The University of Florida has backed off of prohibiting several professors from testifying against new voter restrictions in the state.
Continue reading “Univ. Of Florida Drops Ban On Professors Testifying Against GOP Voting Restrictions”After agitating for the chance for weeks, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) finally visited alleged Jan. 6 rioters in jail Thursday night and compared them to prisoners of war, part of a months-long campaign to valorize the attack on Congress.
Continue reading “Marjorie Taylor Greene Pumps Up Jan. 6 Mythology With D.C. Jail Visit”This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It first appeared at The Conversation.
After a lackluster jobs report in September 2021, the latest news on employment gives Americans plenty to cheer about ahead of the holiday season.
Continue reading “Wages Up As Americans Are Encouraged Back To Work And Into The Office”With the Florida governor’s race more than a year away, Thursday brought an early sign that national Democrats may be feeling skittish about their prospects of unseating incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
Continue reading “Will National Dems Target DeSantis in 2022 … Or No?”Good rundown on where today’s expected House votes fit into the overall legislative picture: Chad knows his stuff. Where it gets interesting is down around 12) in the thread. Short version is whatever version of the reconciliation bill passes the House today will get altered in the Senate and have to come back to the House, where it will likely get shoved down the throats of Dem members. That will happen in late November or early December. House members are used to getting dictated to by the Senate. Doesn’t mean the Senate version won’t pass the House. Just means there’s a long way to go even if Pelosi gets all her votes lined up today.
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