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April 22, 2021 at 11:28 am

House approves D.C. statehood, but Senate obstacles remain

WASHINGTON — The House voted along party lines Thursday to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., as Democrats moved to use their congressional majority to accomplish...

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 2, 2021. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS) 12983550W 12983550W

April 5, 2021 at 8:35 pm

Democrats win an extra chance to beat a filibuster this year

The Senate parliamentarian ruled Monday that Dems could use the fast-track budget reconciliation them process for a second time this fiscal year, shielding from a...

March 28, 2021 at 12:12 pm

How 2 Legislative Tacticians Scored Big Wins on Child Poverty in the Stimulus

WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden stood in the Rose Garden this month, basking in the glow of his newly enacted $1.9 trillion stimulus package,...

March 10, 2021 at 5:03 pm

Congress clears $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, sends it to Biden

WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval on Wednesday to President Joe Biden’s sweeping, nearly $1.9 trillion aid package, as Democrats acted over unified Republican opposition...

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) rides an elevator at the Capitol in Washington on Friday, March 5, 2021. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package ground to a halt in the Senate as Manchin, a crucial moderate, balked at a compromise on jobless aid, highlighting the difficulties of governing in a 50-50 chamber. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times) XNYT219 XNYT219

March 7, 2021 at 5:10 pm

Manchin Expresses Openness to Making Filibuster Harder to Use

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a moderate Democrat who has often balked at efforts to alter Senate rules to allow his...

March 6, 2021 at 1:56 pm

Divided Senate passes Biden’s coronavirus aid plan

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion stimulus bill passed a deeply divided Senate on Saturday, as Democrats pushed through a pandemic aid plan...

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting about cancer in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Washington.

March 3, 2021 at 5:38 pm

Democrats narrow stimulus payments as Biden works to keep aid plan on track

Under the new proposal blessed by President Biden, individuals earning more than $80,000 and households with incomes exceeding $160,000 would be disqualified from receiving stimulus...

March 2, 2021 at 6:23 pm

Biden drops Tanden nomination amid bipartisan opposition

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday abandoned its push to install Neera Tanden as the director of President Joe Biden’s budget office after it...

February 27, 2021 at 11:12 am

Biden agenda faces difficult test as stimulus bill heads to Senate

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s agenda is facing its most consequential test as Democrats prepare to maneuver his $1.9 trillion stimulus package through the evenly...

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February 27, 2021 at 12:02 am

House Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus as Democrats Work to Salvage Wage Increase

WASHINGTON — The House passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan early Saturday in a nearly party-line vote, advancing a sweeping pandemic aid package...