Psaki on bill: don’t let ‘the perfect be the enemy of the historic’‘Progressives are troubled … with the cuts,’ says Ilhan Omar60% of Americans say oil firms are to blame for the climate crisisSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emai…
White House concedes $3.5tn bill will shrink: ‘Fewer dollars will be spent’ – live
Vice-president: ‘We must not shy away from this painful past’Concerns growing over slow pace of Congress in passing billsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailVice president Kamala Harris said today that Europeans who colonized th…
Democrats blocking Biden’s agenda represent some of nation’s poorest
Joe Manchin and Henry Cuellar’s districts have high rates of poverty and income inequality but they are holding up a crucial bill in Congress that would benefit working-class AmericansSeveral of the leading Democrats in Congress who have stood in the w…
Supreme court, Facebook, Fed: three horsemen of democracy’s apocalypse | Robert Reich
These unaccountable bodies hold increasing sway over US government. Their abuses of power affect us allThe week’s news has been dominated by the supreme court, whose term began on Monday; the Federal Reserve, and whether it will start responding to inf…
Progressive Democrats draw strength from muscle-flexing in Congress
The left of the party is celebrating holding firm on insisting on both parts of Biden’s domestic agenda over centrist objectionsWhen House Democrats were forced to delay their planned vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill earlier this month, the r…
Biden’s signature bill isn’t that expensive. It’s a drop in the bucket | Ben Davis
Even after passing reconciliation as is, the US welfare state would still be a small investment by world standardsAs Democrats continue negotiations in the hopes of saving Biden legislative agenda, one thing has consumed the media and conservative Demo…
Biden says $3.5tn infrastructure bill provides a ‘blue-collar blueprint’ – live
Bill will ‘get America back in the game and gives our workers a chance’Debt ceiling deadline looms as Washington stalemate grinds onWhistleblower: Facebook harms children and is damaging democracySign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by e…
Sanders urges progressives to stand firm in Democratic battle over Biden agenda
Party locked in a bitter struggle over two massive legislative bills that could make or break the Biden presidencyBernie Sanders, the leftwing firebrand who has drawn the fight against poverty and inequality into the mainstream of American politics, is…
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema: the centrists blocking Biden’s agenda
The West Virginia and Arizona senators’ resistance threatens to upend Biden’s entire presidency – is self-preservation to blame?Donald Trump’s favorite insult for political opponents inside his own party is “Rino” – Republican in name only. By such log…
Democrats brace for bruising October talks as Biden agenda stalls in Congress
Two massive economic and social packages have reached an impasse, threatening to derail Biden’s first term in officeWarring factions of the Democratic party are bracing themselves for a potentially bruising month of negotiations over the two massive ec…