Congress
Your guide to what’s happening on Capitol Hill.
It’s the only leverage they have to guarantee that the social spending bill moves forward.
Just 8 percent of low-wage workers have access to paid family leave, compared to 20 percent of all workers.
Democrats’ plans for public health funding fall far short of what experts say is necessary.
Build Back Better doesn’t build enough.
The child tax credit accomplished in one month what other policies took a decade to achieve.
Climate provisions and Medicare expansion are just a couple of the issues being debated.
Fixing Obamacare is near the top of Democrats’ health care priorities, but other proposals may have to be cut.
They’re banking on the popularity of social programs to keep them from expiring.
What’s in Democrats’ latest voting rights reform bill and why Republicans are expected to block it.
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is facing a contempt vote by the January 6 committee.
Programs that use it can impose inordinate burdens on the people they’re trying to help.
The big unanswered question at the heart of Democrats’ health care agenda.
Republicans are using the debt ceiling to send a political message.
Democrats dealt with the infighting. Now, they actually have to negotiate.
Progressive threats to vote down the bipartisan infrastructure bill have forced a delay.
Another government shutdown is looming, and the stakes are even higher than usual.
Democrats wanted to give millions a path to citizenship. They still might have a chance.
It’s about climate change, public health, and economic development.
Democrats can’t do much on health care if they don’t cut prescription drug costs.
Democrats are pushing to include immigration reform in an upcoming reconciliation measure.
Democrats plan to improve Medicare benefits as part of their reconciliation bill. But there’s a lot of work to do.
Simply allocating more money won’t necessarily solve the problem.
The legislation doesn’t address the fundamental challenges of US public transportation.
A lot could still go awry, but the Senate made some important progress this week.
The $1 trillion infrastructure bill could change how cryptocurrency is taxed.
“We become collateral damage every time there’s US-Asia conflict.”
Democrats are too busy infighting to place blame where it belongs.
Why America can’t allow pandemic preparedness funding to fall prey to short-term thinking.
Immigration reform has long been elusive in Congress. Democrats may have a workaround.
The future of the Senate’s two-track strategy on infrastructure is uncertain.
The decision halts DHS’s ability to accept new DACA applicants.
Congress legalized millions of undocumented immigrants in 1986 — and it could again.
Democrats’ quest for bipartisanship comes with big trade-offs.
Republicans senators don’t support expanded union protections. But most voters do.
A series of upcoming votes could build the case for eliminating the filibuster.
There are three threats facing American democracy right now. The For the People Act left some unaddressed.
Democrats, Republicans, and independents overwhelmingly support federal paid leave policies.
Progressives want Biden to stop negotiating with Republicans and embrace budget reconciliation.
A House committee could be less vulnerable to GOP obstruction.
Even if it could pass, McConnell and McCarthy likely won’t appoint commissioners who would work in good faith.