House retirements pile up in California as Democrats scramble to keep control of Congress

Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA), speaks during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence annual World-Wide Threat Hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 15, 2021. Tasos Katopodis | Pool | Reuters Former GOP Rep. Devin Nunes and five

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Democrats’ Agenda Stalls With Big Setbacks At Year’s End

Democrats are approaching the end of the year with little to show for their efforts at passing new laws protecting voting rights, reforming the immigration system, expanding the social safety net, fighting climate change and more. With a tenuous 50-seat

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Democrats Are Solidly Behind Biden. There’s No Consensus About a Plan B.

NEW ORLEANS — Addressing reporters at a meeting of the Democratic Governors Association, Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina gave an emphatic answer when asked whether he expected President Biden to seek a second term — and whether he believed

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Budget Office Determines Democrats’ Spending Bill Will Nudge Deficit Higher

There were bright spots for Mr. Biden and his party in the budget office analysis. It confirmed that in the eyes of the congressional scorekeepers, the Democratic bill would add significantly less to deficits over a decade than the large

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Democrats’ Bill Would Deny For-Profit College Students Extra Aid

Justin Draeger, the president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, said in a statement that the organization was concerned to see the Pell Grant increase limited to certain schools, saying it would “add new complexity to a

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Democrats Hammer Out Novel Plan to Tax Billionaires and Corporate Giants

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, was trying to line up support, including from Mr. Manchin, to beef up a federally paid family and medical leave provision that had been whittled down to just four weeks from 12. Senator

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Inside the Manchin-Sanders feud that has Democrats nervous about Biden’s agenda

Because once they do, the California Democrat suggested, it would almost certainly satisfy the moderate and liberal wings of the Democratic caucus, which have been battling over the size, scope and details of the plan for months. But Biden, according

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Debt Ceiling Fight Gives Democrats Ammunition Against Filibuster

WASHINGTON — Leading Senate Democrats increasingly see the Republican blockade against raising the federal debt limit as clear justification for changing the chamber’s filibuster rule, a long-shot effort that so far has lacked the unanimous support within their ranks it

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Some Democrats are worried climate provisions won’t pass before critical global meeting in November

“That is a real concern,” Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware told CNN. “I think it’s critical that we go to Glasgow with the package of President (Joe) Biden’s proposals moving forward.”  World leaders will attend the COP26 conference in November

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House Democrats pass debt ceiling increase that won’t get through Senate

House Democrats passed standalone legislation to raise the debt ceiling on Wednesday in a 219-212 vote, which is expected to be blocked by GOP lawmakers in the Senate in coming days. Its largely symbolic passage comes two days after GOP

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