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July 14, 2021

Senate Democrats seek carbon tax on imports from countries with high pollution

Democrats have agreed to add a carbon tax on imports from polluting countries to their $3.5 trillion budget plan.

July 13, 2021

Schumer announces $3.5 trillion spending plan to pair with infrastructure package

In a late-night announcement Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Budget Committee reached an agreement to allot $3.5 trillion for a spending package that would complete President Biden’s infrastructure plan.

July 13, 2021

Schumer on filibuster carve-out for voting legislation: 'Everything is on the table'

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday didn't rule out eliminating the legislative filibuster for voting rights legislation as Democrats are getting increasingly frustrated with state-level efforts to tighten voting rules.

July 4, 2021

Sen. John Cornyn: Dems' election power grab – here's how Republicans fighting partisan assaults on voting

The election overhaul legislation Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tried to ram through the Senate perverts the cause of voter access to hand one party unassailable political power.

July 2, 2021

Maryland Gov. Hogan tears into Pelosi, Schumer for holding infrastructure bill 'hostage'

During a video town hall with No Labels Citizens on Thursday obtained by Fox News, Hogan spoke about the bipartisan $953 billion infrastructure bill in Congress that was endorsed by Biden, saying the plan “will put Americans back to work” and improve American infrastructure.

July 1, 2021

Conservatives laud SCOTUS' Arizona voting decision, while Schumer laments one of court's 'darkest days'

Republicans in favor of laws that strengthen election security are praising the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brnovich v. DNC, a case centered on Arizona voting rules that outlawed ballot harvesting and called for provisional ballots cast at the wrong precinct to be thrown out.

July 1, 2021

Biden mulling ways to support student loan borrowers when payments resume

The Biden Administration is mulling ways to ensure borrowers are supported when federal student loan repayments resume in September, as congressional Democrats push to extend the pause in payments and urge President Biden to unilaterally act to cancel up to $50,000 in debt per borrower.

June 24, 2021

Biden says he won't sign bipartisan spending deal without Democrats' infrastructure wish list

President Biden on Thursday touted a new major bipartisan spending deal but warned he wouldn't sign the roughly $1 trillion in roads, bridges and broadband investments unless Congress passes a separate bill on human infrastructure filled with Democratic priorities on expanding the social safety net. 

June 24, 2021

Manchin won't commit to progressives' infrastructure wish list putting passage in limbo

The delicate political balancing act of passing infrastructure legislation through a divided Senate hit a snag Thursday, with Sen. Joe Manchin saying he's not ready to commit to passing a progressive-backed companion bill that could hit $6 trillion in new spending.

June 22, 2021

Manchin strikes deal with Schumer to vote 'yes' on advancing voting reform bill

Sen. Joe Manchin will vote "yes" on advancing a controversial piece of voting reform legislation on Tuesday, though he doesn't support the underlying legislation, in a deal he reached with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., so all 50 Democrats will be united.