Newsletter Archive

August 2021

Democrats Plot Biggest Health Care Expansion Since Obamacare

Democratic lawmakers have an enormous amount of work to do to pass two major spending bills that contain the bulk of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, and just a few weeks to get it done.

Plus: Plus, a brutal timeline to pass Biden agenda

Pelosi Wants Dem Spending Plan 'Totally Paid For'

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday celebrated the House’s approval a day earlier of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget framework — and downplayed some elements of the deal she struck to get all Democrats on board.

Plus: Plus, 3 million children out of poverty

Democrats Strike a Deal, Pass $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint

The House on Tuesday adopted a $3.5 trillion budget resolution, taking a major step toward enacting President Biden’s ambitious economic agenda that calls for increased spending on education, health care and renewable energy.

Plus: Plus, rising Covid concern

Pelosi Dares Moderate Dems to Blow Up Biden Agenda

With President Biden’s economic agenda hanging in the balance, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a band of moderate Democrats are still engaged in a standoff over the party’s $3.5 trillion budget blueprint.

Plus: Plus, consultants raking in millions from government Covid contracts

How Pelosi Could Squash Centrist Democrats’ Rebellion

Centrist Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are reportedly advising — and encouraging — the nine moderate House Democrats who are threatening to derail the party’s $3.5 trillion budget plan containing major portions of…

Plus: Plus, Taliban seizes billions in US-supplied weaponry

61% of US Households Paid No Federal Income Tax Last Year

The number of American households that paid no federal income tax spiked dramatically last year, both as a result of job and wage losses driven by the Covid-19 pandemic and the government's response to the crisis, which provided thousands…

Plus: Plus, 15% of PPP loans could be fraudulent

Pelosi in a Pickle

Plus: Plus, the largest increase ever for food stamps

Nine Democrats Threaten to Blow Up Biden's Agenda

A group of centrist House Democrats is threatening to derail much of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, nine moderates said they will withhold support for a $3.5 trillion Democratic budget…

Plus: Plus, FEMA has spent $1 billion on Covid funerals

Biden Presses Congress to Drive Down Drug Prices

President Biden on Thursday called on Congress to lower prescription drug prices by enacting a number of reforms, including allowing Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies.

Plus: Plus - 'Terrifying' unemployment fraud

Manchin Fires Warning Shot Over Dems’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan

The Senate adopted Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution just before 4 a.m. Wednesday morning in a 50-49 vote along party lines. Republicans uniformly voted against the blueprint that could open the door to a massive spending package…

Plus: Plus, 46 Republican senators vow not to help raise the debt ceiling