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Democratic leaders are projecting optimism that they be able to reach a deal on President Joe Biden’s economic agenda soon, though they aren’t there yet — and they’re still scrambling to work out how...
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Democrats are scrambling to finalize a framework agreement for a roughly $2 trillion economic plan, still hoping to get it done by the end of the week. While a number of Democrats say a deal is in...
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Democrats emerged from a series of meetings this week sounding increasingly optimistic that they can pull together a consensus framework for their multi-trillion-dollar social spending package — and...
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The Biden administration and congressional Democrats are scaling back a controversial proposal to have banks report more information to the Internal Revenue Service after their initial plan was met...
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Trick or treat? As they push to pass their economic agenda, Democrats still don’t know which their Halloween deadline will turn out to be.
As a reminder, Democratic leaders publicly set the end-of-...
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President Joe Biden acknowledged Friday that the new spending proposed in his economic plan will have to shrink below the $3.5 trillion level set by Democratic leaders and sought by progressives in...
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With just over two weeks to go before a self-imposed October 31 deadline, the White House and congressional Democrats are reportedly agonizing over the overall size and specific details of their...
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As Democrats continue to debate how much and how to pare back their planned $3.5 trillion bill to expand the social safety net and combat climate change, a new CNN poll finds that 41% of American...
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Rep. John Yarmuth, the Kentucky Democrat who chairs the House Budget Committee, announced Tuesday that he won’t seek re-election next year.
The 73-year-old Yarmuth was first elected to the House in...
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The federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2021 totaled $2.8 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office estimated in a report released Friday. The gap is the second-largest on record, trailing only...
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Senate Democrats voted Thursday night to raise the nation’s debt limit by $480 billion, a short-term fix to postpone until December the threat of economic disaster that had been looming later this...
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The United States provides far less financial support for toddler care than other developed nations, writes Claire Cain Miller at The New York Times:
“The U.S. spends 0.2 percent of its G.D.P. on...
