Bill Dauster News Today

And Dean Phillips won't run for reelection.

Staffers with a history of working for Sen. Bernie Sanders are set to help him roll out his health care agenda as he chairs the Senate HELP Committee.

In an escalation of partisan warfare, a little-known dark-money group is trying to thwart the President’s entire slate.

Don't miss this remembrance of Harry Reid, who died yesterday at the age of 82, from Bill Dauster, former Reid Deputy Chief of Staff and longtime friend of TPM.

And Ahmaud Arbery’s killers are convicted.

Photos courtesy of Covington; Holland & Knight; BGR Group and Akin Group This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Biden has called for more than $4 trillion in new spending for his infrastructure plan.  Democrats will likely pass a bill under reconciliation if no bipartisan deal is reached.  Trade groups and lawmakers, meanwhile, are tapping experts to decipher the Sen...

The Arizona lawmaker is the second Democratic senator to oppose the proposal, likely killing the push in Congress.

An estimated 27 million workers would see raises, though there would be 1.4 million fewer jobs.

Why Joe Biden Needs Bernie Sanders Now More Than Ever Time 2/8/2021 Alana Abramson © 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 Bidens 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. When Biden finished...

Sanders Has a “Room Full of Lawyers” Working to Ensure $15 Wage Bill Survives Sen. Bernie Sanders sits between Senators Robert Menendez and Jon Tester during a meeting with President Joe Biden about a COVID relief bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 2021. SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images By After President Joe Biden voiced skepticism that $15 minimum wage legislation can survive the rules of the special procedure Democrats are using to pass...