House begins debate on infrastructure bill Monday, but unclear if it can pass amid deep Democratic divides
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.
Rep. Jayapal: Progressives will shoot down infrastructure bill if $3.5T spending plan doesn’t pass first
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.
Mike Rowe's 'How America Works' premieres on Fox Business, chronicling unsung workers in key trades
Television host Mike Rowe premiered his new program "How America Works" on Monday on Fox Business Network, opening another chapter in the connection he has forged with America's tradesmen and essential workers.
Dem House Budget chair hints at possible Pelosi strategy for infrastructure bill
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., said Sunday that the “current plan” remains for the House to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill on September 27, but that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may end up delaying it even if it passes.
Amid Afghanistan mess, Biden spending agenda faces key test as moderate Dems, Pelosi face off
Democrats don't appear to have the votes to pass their $3.5 trillion budget resolution amid a standoff over infrastructure
Bill Gates pledges $1.5 billion for infrastructure bill’s new climate projects
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said his climate investment fund will commit $1.5 billion for joint projects with the U.S. government if Congress enacts a program aimed at developing technologies that lower carbon emissions.
Moderates may try to force Pelosi to pass $1T infrastructure bill by holding $3.5T budget resolution hostage
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and moderate Democrats and Republicans in the chamber are on a collision course over whether to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill before the Senate finishes Democrats' reconciliation bill.
Schumer: 'We have come to an agreement' on infrastructure bill, vote expected Tuesday
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have reached an "agreement for final passage" on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced.
Buttigieg defends infrastructure bill after analysis shows $351B in deficit spending
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg once cautioned about his party's failure to properly address the deficit when he was running for president, but now he is defending a bipartisan infrastructure bill that the administration supports despite it including an estimated $351 billion in deficit spending.
Labor secretary says ending boosted unemployment benefits had nothing to do with 'great' jobs report
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh argued on Friday after the July jobs report was released that “there is no indication at all” that ending extended unemployment benefits in some states before the September expiration “has added” to the “great” report.
Senators aim to clarify cryptocurrency reporting requirements with amendment to infrastructure bill
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, along with Sens. Pat Toomey and Ron Wyden, on Wednesday introduced an amendment to the bipartisan infrastructure bill that would rewrite part of a section setting up reporting requirements for cryptocurrency transactions.
Infrastructure bill's unusual provisions: Drunk driving tech mandate to 'pollinator-friendly' roads
Some Republicans are raising alarms about allegedly wasteful spending in the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the Senate that won't serve what is supposed to be the narrow purpose of the bill: to improve the function of roads, bridges, water, broadband and other hard infrastructure.
Republicans opposing massive infrastructure bill ask: Where’s full text?
The U.S. Senate, in a 67-32 procedural vote Wednesday, advanced a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill -- despite the fact that the full text of the proposal hasn't been made public yet.
House Dems unload on bipartisan infrastructure negotiations in private call: report
Some House Democrats expressed dismay over the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure talks on Monday during a private phone call-- further underscoring divisions within the party just days before a procedural vote scheduled for Wednesday.
GOP rips Democrats' 'shocking' new $3.5T spending plan as recipe for economic disaster
Republicans were quick to condemn Democrats' new $3.5 trillion budget plan as too big and detrimental to the economic recovery.
Trump calls for GOP pullout from Biden’s $1.2T mega-spending talks: ‘You’re just being played’
Former President Donald Trump called Friday night for Senate Republicans to withdraw from negotiations over President Biden’s $1.2 trillion spending proposal, warning that "RINO Republicans" were "just being played by the Radical Left Democrats."
AOC joins climate change protesters accused of blocking entrance to WH
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., joined hundreds of protesters outside the White House on Monday demanding that the Biden administration devotes more attention to climate change, particularly in his massive infrastructure package.
Biden reverses position on signing bipartisan infrastructure bill: ‘I fully stand behind it’
President Biden on Saturday back-tracked previous remarks he made on his intent to sign the nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package and confirmed he will "fully stand behind it."
Kudlow blasts 'counterproductive' Biden foreign policy on infrastructure: It's never okay to cyber hack
Fox Business host Larry Kudlow questions why President Biden would give American foreign adversaries a roadmap to the county's most critical infrastructure Monday on "Kudlow."
$950 billion infrastructure bill gets bipartisan Senate support
Twenty senators joined together Wednesday in bipartisan support for a $9.5 billion infrastructure bill that would be paid out over an eight-year period.



















