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Democrats are skeptical a bipartisan infrastructure deal reached this week will do enough to address the growing threat of climate change. "No climate, no deal,” one senator warned.
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Senate Progressives Warn Joe Biden That He Needs Their Votes, Too
Climate hawks have a message for the administration as it continues bipartisan infrastructure talks: Don't abandon key investments to fight climate change.
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Biden-GOP Infrastructure Talks Dead
The Biden administration is turning its negotiations to a bipartisan group of 20 lawmakers as time runs out to strike a deal.
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Mitch McConnell Opposes Voting Measure Sought By Joe Manchin
Manchin's opposition to a sweeping package of voting reforms has left Democrats scrambling to figure out a path forward on protecting voting rights.
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Democrats May Need To Change Their Voting Rights Bill If They Want It To Pass
Even senators who nominally support the bill are open to amending it in order to advance voting rights.
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Joe Biden Makes Key Concession On Corporate Taxes In Attempt To Woo Republicans
Instead of raising the corporate tax to 28% (from 21%), Biden proposed a minimum corporate rate of 15% to pay for new infrastructure projects.
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Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Says The Filibuster 'Protects The Democracy Of Our Nation'
Last week, Senate Republicans filibustered a bill to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on democracy at the U.S. Capitol.
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Joe Biden Meets With Key GOP Senator As Time Runs Out On Infrastructure Talks
The two sides remain far apart on the size of an infrastructure package, and even more critically, how to pay for it.
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Republicans Filibuster Bill Establishing Bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission
The GOP blockade of a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will increase pressure on Democrats to eliminate the Senate filibuster.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski Says Mitch McConnell Is Blocking Jan. 6 Commission For Political Gain
“Is that really what this is about, one election cycle after another?" the Alaska Republican said.
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Senate Set To Vote This Week On Jan. 6 Commission
The bipartisan bill to establish a panel to investigate the Capitol riot faces the first Republican filibuster of this Congress.
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Democrats Are Losing Patience The GOP On Infrastructure. Joe Manchin Is Not.
Top Democrats are at the whim of centrist senators like Manchin who want to give bipartisan negotiations on infrastructure more time to play out.
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Joe Manchin And Kyrsten Sinema Beg GOP To Support Bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission
The two filibuster defenders issued a statement pleading with Republicans to establish a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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'That’s Up To Him': Democrats Would Rather Not Talk About Stephen Breyer Retiring
“I wouldn’t presume to tell a Supreme Court justice to retire but he more than anyone knows the political reality,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said.
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GOP Opposition To Jan. 6 Commission Bolsters Case For Filibuster Reform, Democrats Say
One Democratic senator said Republicans' refusal to accept a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot will "make the point that the filibuster is primarily a destructive force in American politics.”
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Mitch McConnell Opposes Bipartisan Commission On Jan. 6 Attack
Republican leaders in both the House and Senate now oppose a plan to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Chuck Schumer Dares GOP To Oppose Bill Forming Capitol Riot Commission
Republicans seem split on whether the commission should also look at violence related Black Lives Matter protests.
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Lawmakers Announce Deal For Bipartisan Commission To Investigate Capitol Riot
But Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican and a loyal ally of former President Donald Trump, said he hasn't signed off yet.
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Joe Manchin Throws Democrats’ Voting Rights Push Into Turmoil
The West Virginia senator does not support his party’s top legislative priority on voting. Republicans also don’t like his preferred legislative alternative.
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'I Was There': Mitt Romney Sets Record Straight On Jan. 6 Insurrection
The Utah senator responded to House Republicans attempting to rewrite history just months after the violent attack.
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