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Article content The large package is set to be the final major piece of Biden’s first-year legislative aspirations: a partisan “human infrastructure” bill in the fall to invest huge sums to confront climate change, while expanding education opportunities across the United States and home healthcare for the elderly and others. McConnell has attacked those initiatives and is hoping to generate opposition from some moderate Democrats. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, a leadin...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The House Problem Solvers Caucus endorsed the bipartisan effort Tuesday. • 7 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Oliver Contreras/Bloomberg via Getty Images When the Senate returns to Washington next week, lawmakers will be in a race against the clock to navigate a precarious political landscape in time to progress President Joe Bidens infrastructure agenda before the summer comes to a ...

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, along with a coalition of more than 60 organizations, representing the trucking, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, materials and towing industries, sent letters to members of the U.S. House of Representatives Blue Dog Coalition and Problem Solvers Caucus. The coalition implored them to reject any unnecessary, harmful and contentious proposal to increase motor carriers’ minimum liability insurance requirements. The letters are in resp...

Overnight Energy: Climate Summit Day 2 — Biden says US will work with other countries on climate innovation Zack Budryk © Getty Images Overnight Energy: Climate Summit Day 2 — Biden says US will work with other countries on climate innovation TGIF! Welcome to Overnight Energy, your source for the days energy and environment news.Please send tips and comments to Rachel Frazin at rfrazin@thehill.com . Follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin . Reach Zack Budryk at zbudryk@thehi...

Yves here. Tom Neuburger gives a hard look at AOC’s recent donations to corporate Democrats and tries to ferret out what she intended to accomplish. Tom is at a loss to understand why AOC chose the party members she did. I am at a loss to understand why she thought $5,000 donations would have made any difference to the recipients even if they had been on board with taking funds from her. As I am sure readers know, there’s a dark art as to how heavyweight bundlers and donors work around form...

Congressman Ben Cline talks Trump impeachment, working with President Biden, and more Ben Cline (Source: WHSV) By Stephanie Penn | WHSV | February 2, 2021 at 8:40 PM EST - Updated February 2 at 8:44 PM HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The 117th Congress was sworn in at the start of the year. Since then, a lot has transpired including the Capitol insurrection, President Trump’s second impeachment, and the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. Republican Congr...

House Republicans are warning Democrats against impeaching President Trump “Im opposed to impeachment. I think at this point in time, its more important to focus on healing and doing a peaceful transition of power as the president himself has conceded where we are and impeachment just inflames those that believe this election has been stolen. And its time to move forward,” Rep. Tom Reed Another GOP lawmaker also said they felt impeachment could further inflame extremists’ worst instincts,...

U.S. lawmakers on Thursday blocked attempts to alter a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending package, rejecting President Donald Trump's demand for extensive changes and leaving benefits for millions of Americans at risk.

Sanders announced his plans in a tweet Monday as the House passed legislation to boost the amount of the direct payments included in the $2.3 trillion package signed by Trump on Sunday night.  "This week on the Senate floor Mitch McConnell ADVERTISEMENT A spokesman for Sanders confirmed that he will object to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) setting up a vote on the veto override of the defense bill until a proposal to increase the amount of the direct payments to $2,000 is also...

Almost a month ago, this column speculated that the configuration of the 117th Congress, combined with a Joe Biden presidency, could create the opportunity for a fruitful, productive era in Washington. We won’t know until after the two Georgia runoffs on Jan. 5 which party will hold the majority in the Senate, but it is already clear that an ideological agenda of any sort has no chance of passing two congressional chambers, getting a presidential signature, and being enacted into law. At le...