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Democrats' sweeping election overhaul bill hits roadblock with tie vote in Senate panel Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V © Provided by NBC News WASHINGTON — Democrats hit roadblocks Tuesday as they sought to advance their massive voting and election overhaul bill to the full Senate after a long and contentious committee session. The Senate Rules Committee vote on whether to move the legislation forward concluded with a predictable 9-9 tie along party lines, trapping the bill in the panel until Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., makes a motion to send the measure to...

Biden's first 100 days: A look at what the president has done since taking office Published  President Biden Speaks on COVID-19, vaccines and mask mandates President Biden speaks, moments after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates its COVID-19 guidelines for children's summer camps. WASHINGTON - On Thursday, 100 days will have gone by since President Joe Biden took the oath of office. Presidents usually mark the milestone by touting accomplishments and promises kept during their first three months. It’s a tradition started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who famo...

Biden's first 100 days: A look at what the president has done since taking office Published  President Joe Biden’s Full Remarks to Joint Session of Congress President Biden, in his first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night, laid out his vision for America. WASHINGTON - On Thursday, 100 days will have gone by since President Joe Biden took the oath of office. Presidents usually mark the milestone by touting accomplishments and promises kept during their first three months. It’s a tradition started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who famously helped the banking indus...

Richard Cook for VT President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid Relief Bill, AKA “The American Rescue Plan”, passed Saturday night in the Senate on a party line vote of 50 Democrats vs. 49 Republicans. The Plan may be viewed by history as the start of an entirely new era of U.S. governance. The Plan is being viewed by many as a resurgence of the New Deal, and with good reason. Government that benefits all the people, not just the elite and their trickle-down minions, is back. It may not be Utopia, but that is always a pipedream. The point is, it will serve and it is fair.