Congress

The powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday launched a six-figure ad campaign pressuring moderate House Democrats to vote against a sweeping $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, warning the bill poses an "existential threat" to the economy's recovery from the pandemic.

U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., made the media rounds this week, warning moderate Democrats that nearly 50 members of her progressive caucus will defeat the bipartisan-negotiated infrastructure bill in Congress if a larger, more expensive "reconciliation" bill doesn’t win approval first.

Scalise detailed his work to whip House Republicans to vote against both the Democrats’ infrastructure package and their "tax hike and spend bill."

Both parties acknowledge the serious risks of their debt ceiling standoff, but neither is inclined to budge amid the high-stakes political posturing.

Former treasury secretaries urged congressional leaders to resolve an impasse over the nation's $28 trillion debt ceiling before October, warning there could be "detrimental" economic consequences if lawmakers fail to raise the nation's borrowing limit.

McCloskey Law Center's Mark McCloskey slams Missouri’s Supreme Court chief disciplinary officer’s efforts to suspend law license

Democrats want to give Americans the biggest tax hike in 53 years, just as the country tries to recover from a once-in-a-century pandemic.

A dark money group funded by a Swiss billionaire foreign national is spending heavily to lobby moderate Democrats to support voting rights legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law, filings show.

President Biden is slated to hold a series of meetings on Wednesday with Democratic lawmakers, including party leaders, as he attempts to head off an intraparty war between moderates and progressives that could derail his $4 trillion economic agenda.

Members of Congress face one of the most crucial legislative periods in decades, with issues including the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, the debt limit and the looming government shutdown.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will meet with President Biden on Wednesday at the White House to discuss both the infrastructure package and the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill that has been the source of contention in Washington.

Transportation planners are looking for ways to improve their travel forecasts as Congress debates spending billions of dollars on new infrastructure projects, the kind of roads and bridges that get approved based on optimistic cost underestimates.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Tuesday he would introduce a standalone bill to provide $1 billion in funding for Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defense system after a coalition of progressive Democrats blocked its inclusion in a sweeping emergency spending package.