Democrats

There were a lot of theories about what role President Biden may take on late last week for a visit with House Democrats and how he would win them over to his big infrastructure bill and the social spending package.

'Kudlow' host Larry Kudlow criticizes Democrats and the president for their approach to negotiating future spending.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal said Sunday the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill has "never been about the price tag" but the $1.5 trillion price suggested by moderates is "not going to happen."

Cedric Richmond, senior adviser to President Biden, insisted Sunday that the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill will cost “zero” due to tax hikes on the wealthy.

Democrats, especially liberals, tout a lofty, ambitious agenda. But can you do that with nominal control of a 50/50 Senate and a three-vote margin in the House? You cannot alter the laws of Congressional physics. And there some who gained and some who lost as Democrats floated back to earth.

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, led a letter with 32 of his Senate Republican colleagues blasting a provision the House Democrat’s multitrillion-dollar budget reconciliation bill that would impose harsh marriage tax penalties.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked a big game that President Biden’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill would pass this week. Progressive members of the House, however, flexed their power Thursday evening, spurring Pelosi to call off the effort to pass the bill after negotiations on their reconciliation bill stalled.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says he is willing to go "from zero" to a top line of $1.5 trillion on his fellow Democrats' planned reconciliation bill.

Wyoming Senator John Barrasso blasted President Biden's "reckless" tax and spending plan on "Kudlow."

The White House says Congress needs to come to an agreement on both the infrastructure bill and reconciliation bill this week.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill by Thursday, but as of Monday it does not have the votes to pass.

House Democrats aim to pass the infrastructure bill, the government funding bill, and President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion spending package all in one week.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would have broad discretion over how to spend $6 billion allocated for "local surface transportation priorities." A Senate GOP aide said that money could be a backdoor way to fund earmarks.

Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted the Senate Democrats for putting “crazy Uncle Bernie” in charge of the Senate Budget Committee while speaking at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference in Michigan Friday night.

Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., is leading the “No Hearing, No Vote” bill with a handful of his fellow prominent GOP colleagues, according to a press release exclusively obtained by FOX Business.

A partnership between Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and one of the nation’s largest litigation firms, Motley Rice, was officially severed over its deep ties to the Democratic Party.

A number of Democratic lawmakers told the press Wednesday that no deals have been reached to alleviate the inner-party conflicts over passing President Biden's agenda, despite a series of meetings at the White House.

John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, on Wednesday justified the Biden administration’s focus on getting China to cooperate in the climate change fight over addressing China's genocide of its Uyghur minority.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says the Democrats already have the power to raise the debt ceiling but are playing ‘political games’ to pass their ‘massively irresponsible’ spending package Tuesday on ‘Kudlow.’

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, whose nomination to become U.S. ambassador to Japan has outraged progressives, raked in millions of dollars since leaving office more than two years ago.