The hullabaloo about the debt ceiling crisis continues, and Republican lawmakers seem dead set on upping the ante as they walked out of the discussion Friday morning only to join back in the evening. President Joe Biden, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, along with financial analysts have warned of severe consequences if a debt deal is not reached. Former Treasury Secretary […]
As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presses forward with a vote on weakening the filibuster and talks continue to convince Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for a buy-in, Democrats still face stout resistance from both Senators. Joe Manchin has recently charged that his party’s push to isolate him and fellow centrist Kyrsten Sinema won’t force his hand on rules changes. […]
James Carville, a former strategist for the Democratic Party, has charged that the Democrats are whining too much and need to change gear. He said that the Republican Party stands for nothing, and good messaging could place the Democrats in a pole position. “Just quit being a whiny party and get out there and fight and tell people what you […]
After several months of trying to appease Sens. Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema, two centrist Democrats who have been skeptical of the President’s $3.5 trillion economic plan, Manchin has finally shown his hand. This move comes on the back of several meetings, modifications, revisions, and machinations of the Build Back Better plan. Many Democrats have long expressed their frustrations with […]
Six progressive Democrats voted against the passage of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Friday after weeks of divisions within the party about the separate Build Back Better Act. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 228 to 206 with 13 Republicans joining the majority of Democrats in approving the bipartisan framework. Despite overcoming the […]
Former President Donald J. Trump is champing at the bit to push his bid for another presidential run, but Republicans are shaking in their boots as an early announcement they believe would jeopardize the party’s fortune in the mid-term election. At the same time, some would like to see the former president disappear from the political scene as another run […]
In the words of Donald J. Trump, “what the hell is going on?” Democrats failed to get their agenda going and continue to fall over themselves as their queenmaker and kingmaker, Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) (R) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), respectively, play hardball. The two Democrat senators’ angst is that the $3.5 trillion social infrastructure and $1.2 trillion physical infrastructure […]
President Joe Biden has lauded his infrastructure deal with a group of Senators on a plan projected to cost $1.2 trillion. In a post agreement talk, the President said, the plan will transform our physical infrastructure, thus making it “the largest investment in infrastructure in history, the biggest investment in rail since the creation of Amtrak, and the largest investment […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in a recent news report said Senate Democrats are “blocking crucial items in a Democratic agenda” as the clock ticks for both parties to come to an agreement on a bipartisan infrastructure package. Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks come after a bipartisan group of 10 senators announced an agreement on a “compromise framework” last week to invest $1.2 trillion […]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is not prepared to give up on Joe Manchin’s support for the Biden Administration agenda. In a recent report, she said she is not prepared to “give up on Joe Manchin” after the Democratic West Virginia senator announced last week that he will vote against a sweeping bill to overhaul elections, putting the future of the […]
