Pelosi says Democrats plan to have ‘agreement’ on spending bill and vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill next week
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that the “plan” is for there to be an “agreement” on a framework for the Democrats’ budget reconciliation package and a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill next week. Link...
Biden to host Manchin in Delaware to discuss finalizing spending bill
President Joe Biden will host critical moderate Sen. Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at his home in Delaware on Sunday morning in a push to finalize an agreement on a sweeping economic and climate package, a White House official tells CNN Link...
Biden’s meeting with the pope carries resonance as disputes divide U.S. Catholics
The second Catholic president, like the leader of the Catholic church, is striving to move conservative institutions in a more liberal direction after rising to leadership late in life. Matt Viser Link...
Get up to speed: How the spending bill would change your life
Before the policy revolution comes the political drama. Link...
Will the Democrats’ spending bill leave faith-based day care in the dust?
Carol Wood, director of First Baptist Child Development Center, and the Rev. Curtis Price play with children at First Baptist Church in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News Some religious freedom advocates want the Democratic Party to adjust proposed funding rules Top...
Report: Western states see dramatic increase in camping reservations, public land use
Presley Morse, 6, helps land a cutthroat trout while fishing with her mother, Jill Gilson, at Scofield State Park on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. It’s no secret — the outdoors are being loved to death. And in the public land-rich states of the West, campsites have seen an explosion...
6 things to know about the Jan. 6 committee
6 things to know about the Jan. 6 committee Link...
Dems weigh ditching Medicare expansion and paid leave in 11th hour of social spending talks
Democrats are haggling over whether to drop two of the most popular elements of their social spending bill as negotiations reach the zero hour, according to a half-dozen sources close to the discussions. While high-level talks on the $1 trillion-plus package are ongoing, lawmakers, staffers, advocates and lobbyists said...
January 6 defendant spoke at far-right rally attended by Proud Boys, despite court order against associating with the group
An Arizona political commentator charged in the US Capitol riot spoke at a small right-wing rally in Phoenix last month that was attended by over a dozen Proud Boys, even though a federal judge had ordered him not to associate with any members of the extremist group. Link...
Virginia Democrats sue USPS over delayed delivery of election-related material
The Virginia Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against the US Postal Service on Friday, alleging local branches failed to deliver and process election-related material ahead of its high stakes gubernatorial race, thereby “threatening to disenfranchise thousands of Virginia voters.” Link...