Sen. Joe Manchin III said Tuesday that President Biden’s $1.75 trillion welfare and climate change bill is “dead” in its current version. Mr. Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia and a key vote in an equally divided Senate, was asked if Mr. Biden’s Build Back Better Act could be passed in a streamlined form. “Which […]
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Sen. Joe Manchin III rules out supporting Biden’s $1.75 billion welfare bill
Sen. Joe Manchin III upended President Biden’s national agenda on Sunday by signaling his opposition to the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, killing the measure. Mr Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, told ‘Fox News Sunday’ he had struggled for months over whether to support the massive welfare and climate change legislation, but he […]
Enthusiasm wanes as Biden’s $1.75 trillion welfare bill is delayed and watered down
Democrats are beginning to question whether President Biden’s $1.75 trillion welfare legislation is worth it, especially after a lone resister watered down the bill and delayed its passage until November. ‘next year. Lawmakers say Senator Joe Manchin III, a Democrat of West Virginia, forced the White House to reduce the size and scope of the […]
Biden advances $1.75 trillion welfare bill amid Democratic divisions
President Biden advanced his $1.75 trillion, 10-year welfare bill on Thursday, refusing to give up in the face of Democratic divisions threatening to sink the centerpiece of his party’s liberal agenda . In a public statement, the White House said it would spend the rest of the year advancing the bill, named the Build Back […]
Democrats weigh on suffrage pivot as Biden’s $1.75 trillion welfare bill stagnates
Senate Democrats, frustrated with lack of progress on President Biden’s massive social welfare and climate bill, talk about blasting filibuster rules again to force partisan overhaul of laws country’s elections. The Democrats want to close out their first year of a Senate majority with at least one other major domestic policy win for the White […]
CBO warns Biden’s welfare bill threatens to add $3 trillion to deficit
The Congressional Budget Office warned Friday that President Biden’s massive welfare and climate change bill would add $3 trillion to the federal deficit if all of its programs become permanent. The CBO, a nonpartisan agency tasked with analyzing the tax impact of federal legislation, released an in-depth analysis of Mr. Biden’s Build Back Better Act. […]
Joe Manchin: Welfare bill could increase inflation
Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key vote for the White House legislative agenda, warned on Tuesday that President Biden’s $1.75 trillion welfare bill could exacerbate soaring inflation that has rocked the country in recent months. Mr. Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, told the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit that since Congress has already […]
House Democrats pass streamlined welfare bill with massive tax cut for the rich
Speaker of the Chamber Nancy Pelosi On Friday morning, the House of Representatives passed its version of President Joe Biden’s $ 1.75 trillion “Build Better” version of President Joe Biden’s social protection and climate bill. As expected, the measure was approved in a party line vote, with 220 Democrats voting “Yes” and 212 Republicans voting […]
Democrats head to vote on Biden’s social welfare and climate bill
HUS Democrats were gearing up on Thursday night to advance President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan, a $1.85 trillion welfare spending bill that they hope will help revive ratings. party approval by offering a new range of government services and subsidies. Democrats decided to vote on a procedural measure to move the bill forward, […]
CBO: Funding for Biden’s welfare bill more than $367 billion short
President Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar welfare and climate change bill does not fully pay for all of his rights programs, contrary to long-standing claims by the White House. A thorough review of the bill by the Congressional Budget Office, known as the Build Back Better Act, indicates that it adds more than $367 billion to the deficit […]
Biden’s welfare bill breaks pledge not to raise taxes on people earning less than $400,000
President Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar welfare bill breaks a key pledge from his 2020 campaign: that he would not raise taxes on people earning less than $400,000 a year. An analysis from the Joint Committee on Taxation released Tuesday shows that the House version of Mr. Biden’s bill begins raising taxes as early as 2023 on middle-class […]
Biden’s welfare bill would raise taxes by 30% on the middle class and cut them for millionaires
President Biden’s massive welfare and climate change bill is set to raise taxes on the middle class, while delivering lucrative relief to the super-rich, according to a new study. Nearly 30% of lower- and middle-class households would pay more taxes starting next year if the bill becomes law, according to the study by the Tax […]
Moderate Democrats threaten to sink Pelosi’s push for infrastructure, welfare bills: ‘Hiccups’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attempt to ram President Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar welfare bill into law without a proper estimate of its cost hit a snag on Friday when five moderate Democrats refused to follow. The five House Democrats, led by Representatives Ed Case of Hawaii and Jared Golden of Maine, refuse to back down. They argue […]
Budget hawks warn Biden’s welfare bill could cost more than $4 trillion
Two top tax watchdogs are sounding the alarm over the true cost of President Biden’s welfare and climate change bill, arguing that the total price is well above the $1.75 trillion estimated by the democrats. A new budget model released Thursday by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business predicted the true cost of […]
White House unveils $ 1.85 trillion climate and social protection program
Just a few weeks ago, it looked like the United States – the biggest carbon polluter in history – was going to show up to the COP26 climate summit next month without a serious climate plan in hand. A conservative Democratic Party member with close ties to the coal industry, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, […]
Joe Manchin ‘open’ to billionaire tax to pay Biden’s welfare bill
Sen. Joe Manchin III said on Monday he was open to a wealth tax on billionaires to help pay President Biden’s roughly $2 trillion climate and social bill. Mr. Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, said it was important that every American, including the nation’s top billionaires, pay their “fair share”. “I’m open to any […]
Biden accepts shredding of his social/climate bill
President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Welfare legislation touted by Bernie Sanders, House ‘progressives’ and their pseudo-left supporters as proof that major reforms could be passed by the Democratic Party has turned into an object lesson on exactly the […]
Progressives refuse to remove political goodies from $3.5 trillion welfare bill
President Biden’s stalled $3.5 trillion welfare bill is the subject of intense and protracted negotiations between moderate and liberal Democrats over possible cuts, is full of liberal giveaways that would expand the state of rights. Sen. Joe Manchin III and other moderates are growing increasingly frustrated with the White House and far-left Democrats over their […]
Foundations must support White House equity agenda with fairer research
The Biden administration is committed to making equity a priority. On the day he was sworn in, President Biden signed an executive order to “allocate resources to address the historic failure to invest enough, justly, and equitably in underserved communities.” This White House team — the most racially and culturally diverse in history — offers […]
Hillary Clinton creates a social protection group. What does it mean?
Hillary Clinton recently announced the creation of a new group called forward togetheroffering few details other than the fact that it will support an array of progressive causes, such as Swing Left, Emerge America, Color of Change, Indivisible and Run for Something. Unlike the Clinton Foundationwhich is a charity, Onward Together will operate as a […]