by Liberty Nation Authors | Aug 2, 2021 | Articles, Politics
A bipartisan group of senators has released the finalized text of the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill. With ten Republicans being part of the negotiations, the Senate math indicates this package will pass the 60-vote threshold. How it is received in...
by Kelli Ballard | Jul 22, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
As predicted, the preliminary probing vote on President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure spending plan was a bust. The $1.2 trillion bill had a test vote that was blocked by the GOP on July 21, with a vote of 49-51; Democrats required 60 votes to move forward....
by Mark Angelides | Jul 20, 2021 | Articles, Politics
As a prelude to the new Democrat-led $3.5 trillion budget resolution, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is preparing a cloture vote on the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. High-ranking Democrat lawmakers have said the smaller bill will only be...
by Mark Angelides | Jul 14, 2021 | Articles, Politics
Late Tuesday night, the Budget Committee reached an agreement to complete President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan by allotting $3.5 trillion in a sweeping spending proposal. The money is to be used to fund a reconciliation package, which means that Senate Democrats...
by Jose Backer | Jul 10, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) continues to stall any potential House action on the bipartisan deal between the Biden White House and members of the Senate. Thus far, Pelosi has stuck to her guns, refusing to take up the compromise infrastructure bill without the...