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Joe Biden's Agenda Uncertain After Progressives Force Delay on Infrastructure Vote
For weeks, progressive lawmakers in Congress have been threatening to sink the bipartisan infrastructure bill if they were not given certain guarantees about a larger social spending bill. And for weeks, many of their colleagues thought they were bluffing. They weren’t. And now the fate of President Joe Biden’s agenda hangs in the balance.
Infrastructure, Social Spending and Debt Ceiling: A Guide to Congress’ Pivotal Week
It’s crunch time on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue. Both the White House and Democrats in Congress are scrambling to pass two bills that will form the cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s legislative legacy: a $1 trillion infrastructure bill that would expand internet access and repair the country’s aging physical infrastructure like roads and bridges; and a $3.5 trillion social spending bill that includes authorized paid family leave and expanded healthcare and childcare provisions.
With His Agenda on the Brink, Joe Biden Scrambles to Unite Democrats
Joe Biden ran for president promising to be a savvy dealmaker in Congress. But now, with his domestic agenda threatened by disagreements within his own party, he is facing the ultimate test.
Inside Bernie Sanders' Strategy to Get the Budget Bill Passed
On a sticky late August afternoon, Senator Bernie Sanders takes the stage in the state that catapulted him from fringe presidential candidate to progressive hero five years ago. One need look no further than the masked audience members to see how much has changed since Sanders last campaigned in Iowa on his two presidential runs in 2016 and 2020.
The War in Afghanistan Is Over. But Congressional Oversight Is Just Beginning
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The War in Afghanistan Is Over. But Congressional Oversight Is Just Beginning
America’s longest war may have ended, but the accountability battles for President Joe Biden’s Administration are just beginning. Questions about the Biden Administration’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan—which resulted in a gruesome terror attack that left 13 U.S. service members dead—are setting up the first big congressional oversight probe of the current White House.
Joe Biden Faces a Major Test Evacuating Americans From Afghanistan
When Afghanistan’s now-deposed President Ashraf Ghani visited President Joe Biden in the White House in late June, he expressed some concerns about how the U.S. planned to evacuate people ahead of the troop withdrawal from his country.
Joe Biden Mishandled the Afghanistan Withdrawal. Do Voters Care?
Less than 24 hours after the Taliban marched into Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, the Biden Administration announced the largest permanent expansion of food stamp benefits in nearly half a century. The news received scant attention, overshadowed by searing images of Afghans clinging to U.S. planes in a desperate attempt to leave the country.
In Afghanistan Speech, A Defiant Biden Does Damage Control
Less than 24 hours after the Taliban sacked Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul and a little more than a week after the militant group began a lightning offensive against regional capitals, President Joe Biden has yet to offer an explanation for why his Administration failed to anticipate an outcome that military and intelligence officials have insisted for years was inevitable.
How a Coalition of Business and Labor Groups Helped Save the Infrastructure Bill
As Democrats and Republicans in Congress squabbled over blowing past the deadline on an infrastructure agreement, the business and labor communities were getting tired of the partisan fighting.
Joe Biden's Fight With Facebook Is Just Beginning
One post links to a video of a purported doctor alleging 62% of his patients have developed microscopic blood clots after being vaccinated. Another cites an alleged physician claiming humans already have built-in immunity to COVID-19, and therefore don’t need to get vaccinated. A third, shared hundreds of thousands of times, claims that vaccinations are “magnetizing” people because they contain microchips that are used to track them.
Running Out of Options to Fight Voting Restrictions, Democrats Pour Millions into Voter Education
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday, July 12, 2021. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday, July 12, 2021.
Congressional Democrats’ Ex-Staffers Are Lobbying Against Biden’s Tax Hikes on Corporations and the Rich
Democrats' Tax-Hike Bet Relies On Their New $500,000-Plus Voters Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, center, speaks to members of the media following Senate Democratic policy luncheons in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, on April 20, 2021.
Congressional Democrats’ Ex-Staffers Are Lobbying Against Biden’s Tax Hikes on Corporations and the Rich
Inside Congress, Democratic lawmakers are working to make sure President Joe Biden’s proposed tax hikes on corporations and the wealthiest Americans are codified into law. Outside Congress, some of the most powerful lawmakers’ former staff members are working to make sure they aren’t.
'We Have a Deal.' Joe Biden Gets His Bipartisan Moment on Infrastructure
President Joe Biden has long said he wants to show Americans that Washington can work to solve problems. In coming to a tentative agreement with a bipartisan group of senators to fund approximately $1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending, Biden took a step toward that goal.
Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Combat Uptick in Gun Violence
President Joe Biden has largely relegated his public remarks on domestic policies to two topics: the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy. But rising murder rates over the past year and the potential for a summer spike in violent crime have prompted him to wade into much thornier political territory and unveil a new strategy to combat rising gun violence.
Inside the Biden Administration’s Grassroots Push to Get America Vaccinated
Cody Howard is standing at a makeshift pulpit under an overpass preaching about the COVID-19 vaccine. The pastor of a congregation he calls Church Under the Bridge, which serves the homeless of Texarkana, Texas, Howard delivers a crucial message: he got the shot. He admits that science and the authorities aren’t yet 100% sure about “the long-term effects of this thing,” and emphasizes that every person can make up their own mind.
Biden Is Reasserting the U.S.' Role in Vaccine Distribution. Is It Enough?
First batch of Covid-19 vaccines sent by WHO arrive in Idlib Health workers receive 53,800 doses of coronavirus vaccines, sent through the World Health Organisation's COVAX program, in Idlib, Syria, on April 21, 2021. Credit - Muhammed Said—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images President Joe Biden has talked a lot about America’s re-emergence as a world leader since he took office during a global pandemic.
Why Biden Still Wins Infrastructure Negotiations, Even If They Fail Original
President Joe Biden entered the White House determined to restore the bipartisan work ethic that had been a hallmark of his three-decade Senate career. But now, after weeks of furious negotiations with Republicans over a sprawling infrastructure plan, it looks increasingly likely that his track record of finding compromise may remain a relic of the past.
Inside the Biden Administration's Response to the Spike in Anti-Semitic Attacks
Prodded by Jewish leaders concerned about rising anti-Semitic attacks, the Biden Administration has taken steps in recent days to combat the threat and douse simmering frustrations about its response. The White House held discreet virtual meetings this week with Jewish groups, while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice to state and local police about the growing violence against Jewish people after 11 days of deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas.
How Biden Became the Stay-Out-of-It President
Brian Bennett & Alana Abramson Time May 25, 2021 Just as Biden was about to jam the accelerator, a reporter on the test track interrupted him. “Mr. President, can I ask you a quick question on Israel before you drive away since it’s so important?” Biden shut it down. “No, you can’t. Not unless you step in front of the car as I step on it. I’m only teasing,” he said, shooting a smile at the gaggle of press from under his aviator glasses. “Ok here we go, ready?” Biden hit the pedal and sped away.
How Joe Biden Became the Stay-Out-of-It President
President Joe Biden wanted to feel for himself the jolting torque delivered by the Ford F-150 Lightning electric motor. On May 18, as Biden’s staff back in Washington frantically worked behind the scenes to push Israel and Hamas to nail down a ceasefire, the self-described “car guy” had kept his scheduled trip to Dearborn, Michigan to see Ford’s electric truck plant and highlight the green technologies and manufacturing jobs that are part of his economic recovery effort.
Can One Agency Keep the U.S. Safe and Still Be Humane? The New DHS Chief Thinks So Original
It was around 4 a.m. on April 28 when Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas jolted himself awake. As he lay in the dark, his mind locked onto the decision he had made the day before to limit the Trump-era practice of arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants who show up at local courthouses for legal proceedings. Unable to sleep, he got out of bed, fired off an email about the politically sensitive move and then turned to the next conundrum.
'America Is On the Move Again.' Joe Biden Delivers His First Major Presidential Speech
President Joe Biden has attended dozens of presidential addresses to Congress since he first came to Washington in 1973. But after nearly half a century of being an audience member, he finally got the speaking slot Wednesday night to lay out his own vision for the country. © Doug Mills—The New York Times/Bloomberg/Getty Images President Joe Biden speaks during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2021.
100 Days In, Biden Is Betting on Big Government
100 Days In, Biden Is Betting on Big Government The President has calculated that the the Trump era and pandemic have created a once-in-a career opportunity. Read Full Article »
Biden's 100-Days Bet: Big Government Can Win the Post-Trump Moment Original
President Joe Biden was huddling with aides in the Oval Office in late April, preparing for a Zoom tour of Proterra, an electric bus and battery plant in Greenville, South Carolina. The company does the kind of eco-friendly manufacturing that Biden hopes will balloon if Congress passes his $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, which includes nearly $80 billion in federal investment in these types of clean energy jobs. Biden was blunt about the larger goal.
How the Biden Administration Plans to Convince Skeptical Republicans to Get Vaccinated Original
Christina Nunnally was driving to work when she heard on the radio that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were recommending a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine last week.
'A Giant Step Forward.' Joe Biden Pledges Police Reform After Derek Chauvin's Guilty Verdict Original
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris praised the guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd, but cautioned that the fight for racial justice in the United States is nowhere near complete. “This can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in America,” Biden said in remarks Tuesday evening at the White House.
Amid Rising Gun Violence, Biden to Unveil First Executive Actions to Curb Shootings Original
President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce his first raft of executive actions to curb gun violence, including plans to stop the spread of homemade, untraceable firearms known as ghost guns and to tap a prominent gun safety advocate to head the federal agency that regulates the firearm industry, according to senior administration officials.
Marc Elias Fought Trump's 2020 Election Lawsuits. Can He Win The Battle Over Voting Rights?
The pandemic relegated Democratic power lawyer Marc Elias to fighting election lawsuits on an iPad from his home in Northern Virginia. He traded his suit and tie for a sweatshirt, and he argued cases with his two dogs lying next to him on the couch. That’s where he worked last fall as Donald Trump’s campaign sought to overturn Joe Biden’s victory, sometimes attending two Zoom meetings simultaneously to keep up with the workload.
Immigration, Guns and the Filibuster: Joe Biden Confronts Challenges in First Press Conference
© Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions during the first news conference of his presidency in the East Room of the White House on March 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. Joe Biden held his first formal news conference as president 65 days into this presidency, after making a series of consequential moves in the early weeks of his Administration to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic and ease the economic pain in the country.
After Mass Shootings, Joe Biden Faces Pressure to Act on Gun Control
In April 2013, Gabrielle Giffords was sitting with then-Vice President Joe Biden in his Capitol office as the bipartisan bill that would have expanded background checks for gun owners failed in the Senate. It was just two years after she had been shot in the head during a mass shooting, and the former congresswoman was furious at Congress’s failure to enact meaningful reform, says Peter Ambler, executive director of Giffords, the gun violence prevention group named in her honor.
The COVID-19 Relief Bill Isn't the Only Big Thing Joe Biden Has Done in His First 50 Days. Can He Keep It Up?
© Alex Wong/Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event with the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building March 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. By some measures, Joe Biden has gotten off to a slow start as President. His transition was stalled by Donald Trump’s refusal to acknowledge defeat. His Cabinet nominees are taking longer than most to be confirmed by the Senate.
The Senate Passed a $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill. Here's What's In It
© Xinhua/Ting Shen— Getty Images The Senate on Saturday afternoon narrowly passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, a key milestone for President Joe Biden to ink his first legislative priority into law.
What Democrats' Relief Bill Says About How They Can Govern
The Democratic party’s unified control of Washington has put them within striking distance of fulfilling a key campaign promise: a coronavirus relief package that will send $1,400 checks to lower and middle-income Americans, extend federal unemployment insurance through the fall, and allot nearly $130 billion to re-open K-12 schools. But it’s also notable what won’t make it in the massive bill.
'America Is Back': Biden Tries To Turn the Page on Trump
'America Is Back': Biden Tries To Turn the Page on Trump The myriad of policies and actions Biden rolled out this week, both domestically and internationally, signaled a new era. Read Full Article »
'America Is Back.' Joe Biden Tries to Turn the Page on Donald Trump
© Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images US President Joe Biden tours the Pfizer Kalamazoo Manufacturing Site in Portage, Michigan, on February 19, 2021. President Joe Biden began the week in Wisconsin, where he told voters that former President Donald Trump had occupied too much space in their heads during the last four years.
Why President Biden's First Major Trips Are to Sell His Relief Plan in Battleground States
Jessica Salas stood up from her plush velvet seat in Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater on Tuesday night, her second-grade daughter Layla in tow, and carefully read her question for President Joe Biden from a white sheet of paper. “My children,” she told Biden, “often ask if they will catch COVID, and if they do, will they die.
Why Joe Biden Needs Bernie Sanders Now More Than Ever
© Mandel Ngan—AFP via Getty Images Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders who represented starkly different visions for America on the campaign trail in March 2020, are now united on passing Biden's legislative agenda in the Senate. In the heat of the 2020 Democratic primary a year ago, Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders represented starkly different visions for their party.
Biden's Call for Unity Runs Into Deadline Pressure
Biden's Call for Unity Runs Into Deadline Pressure Will Biden make good on promises of unity and continue to court reluctant Republicans to compromise on his COVID-19 relief package, or will his party push it through alone? Read Full Article »
President Joe Biden's Call For Unity Is Running Into Deadline Pressure
President Joe Biden’s first full week in the White House has been dominated by one question: will he make good on promises of unity and continue to court reluctant Republicans to compromise on his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, or will his party push it through alone? For Tawnya Bouma, who runs a non-profit in Michigan that provides mental health services, it’s irrelevant whether relief coming from Washington has bipartisan support or not.
Inside Biden's Agenda for His First 100 Days
Biden's first three months in office will be about far more than just signaling a shift in tone
Inside Joe Biden’s Agenda for His First 100 Days
https://time.com-By Alana Abramson and Brian Bennett When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as President on March 4, 1933, a quarter of Americans were unemployed and multitudes were living in shanty-towns. By the end of his first 100 days in office, he had pushed 15 bills through Congress, revamped the financial and agricultural systems, expanded unemployment relief and laid the foundation for economic recovery. Nine decades later, another Democrat, Joseph R.
Inside Joe Biden’s Agenda for His First 100 Days Original
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as President on March 4, 1933, a quarter of Americans were unemployed and multitudes were living in shanty-towns. By the end of his first 100 days in office, he had pushed 15 bills through Congress, revamped the financial and agricultural systems, expanded unemployment relief and laid the foundation for economic recovery. Nine decades later, another Democrat, Joseph R. Biden Jr., ascends to the White House at a time of extraordinary crisis.
Democrats' Impeachment Push Puts Biden in a Bind
Democrats' Impeachment Push Puts Biden in a Bind Privately, some Democratic aides are fearful trying to push Trump out of office could backfire politically Read Full Article »
Democrats' Push to Impeach Donald Trump Puts Joe Biden in a Bind
Less than a week after President Trump incited a violent insurrection at the Capitol that sent hundreds of lawmakers into hiding and left five people dead, House Democrats are preparing to impeach him for the second time in 13 months. As soon as Wednesday, Democrats could move forward with one article of impeachment against the President for “the incitement of an insurrection,” according to the resolution introduced on Monday.
Inside the Lonely End of the Trump Presidency
Inside the Lonely End of the Trump Presidency Trump has lost the support of allies on Capitol Hill and the loyalty of many of the people working for him inside the White House Read Full Article »
Donald Trump is Isolated and Powerless as His Presidency Ends Original
Donald Trump spent Thursday stewing inside the White House, as isolated and powerless as at any time in his turbulent presidency. Democrats were pushing for his resignation, removal or impeachment for his role in inciting a mob that sacked the U.S. Capitol. White House and Administration officials were scrambling for the exits; in the past 24 hours, more than half a dozen White House staffers have resigned.
Republicans' Election Challenges Threaten Democratic Norms
Both chambers of Congress will gather Wednesday to count the states’ electoral votes and officially declare Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election. In normal times, the event is defined by pomp and circumstance, a formality mandated by the Constitution. But this year, President Trump has refused to concede, turning the ceremony into a loyalty test and effectively daring Republicans to defy him by acknowledging Biden’s legitimate victory.
The Postal Service Delivered On Election Day. But the Agency Remains in Peril
© Tayfun Coskun—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images A USPS worker delivers mail in Weehawken, New Jersey on Dec. 17 In early November, after news organizations called the Presidential race for Joe Biden, throngs of revelers poured into the streets, where they cheered not only for the new President-elect, but for the United States Postal Service (USPS), which had overcome enormous obstacles to deliver mail-in ballots largely on time amidst a raging global pandemic.
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