White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond on Sunday maintained that the Biden administration is still “going to the mat” to have paid leave included in the Build Back Better plan, despite the provision’s omission from the White House’s reconciliation framework amid centrist Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) opposition.
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Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) on Sunday doubled down on their regrets that both infrastructure bills weren’t passed before the Virginia governor race that Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe lost.
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus (moderates), on Sunday maintained that he still wants to see an official cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office before committing to support the Build Back Better package, days after the House passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Continue reading “Gottheimer Won’t Commit To Backing BBB If CBO Score Doesn’t Match WH Analysis”House GOPers Turn Against 13 Colleagues Who Voted For Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
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.
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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.
Houses Passes Infrastructure Bill, Sends To Biden’s Desk
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.
Youngkin’s Son Tried Twice to Vote Illegally on Election Day
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”Univ. Of Florida Drops Ban On Professors Testifying Against GOP Voting Restrictions
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”Marjorie Taylor Greene Pumps Up Jan. 6 Mythology With D.C. Jail Visit
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”Wages Up As Americans Are Encouraged Back To Work And Into The Office
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After a lackluster jobs report in September 2021, the latest news on employment gives Americans plenty to cheer about ahead of the holiday season.
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