Biden executive order pushes for child care expansion as polls show support for reform
Americans across the political spectrum support expanding child care, polling shows.
By Oliver Willis - April 19, 2023
Americans across the political spectrum support expanding child care, polling shows.
By Oliver Willis - April 19, 2023
President Joe Biden reiterated his promise to veto GOP efforts to cut Social Security and Medicare.
By Oliver Willis - February 09, 2023
‘There are no new taxes on families making $400,000 or less and no new taxes on small businesses,’ says the official summary of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
By Josh Israel - August 04, 2022
Expanded child tax credits included in the American Rescue Plan lifted millions out of poverty across the country before the credits were allowed to expire.
By Oliver Willis - July 28, 2022
With a more solid majority in the Senate, Democrats would be able to pass stalled legislation to invest in clean energy and close tax loopholes for the richest Americans.
By Josh Israel - July 19, 2022
Sen. Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans continue efforts to block President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.
By Josh Israel - July 12, 2022
The Wisconsin Republican senator benefits from a federal tax cut law he helped pass and faces criticism of his habit of billing taxpayers for vacation flights.
By Josh Israel - June 02, 2022
Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and his spouse appear to have increased their holdings in a major pharmaceutical company since December.
By Josh Israel - May 23, 2022
A new poll shows strong support for a compromise Build Back Better package.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2022
Only 12 Republicans in the House of Representatives joined all Democrats to vote for the Affordable Insulin Now Act.
By Emily Singer - April 01, 2022
‘That doesn’t sound like something that I see in the Constitution,’ Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) said when asked about national paid parental leave.
By Josh Israel - March 21, 2022
Their false attempts to blame President Joe Biden have been widely debunked.
By Josh Israel - March 10, 2022
Every Republican senator voted against President Joe Biden’s plan to invest $555 billion in clean energy and combating climate change.
By Josh Israel - March 08, 2022
Republican lawmakers are outraged that the special presidential envoy for climate said war is harmful to people and to the planet.
By Josh Israel - February 24, 2022
Republicans are blocking billions of dollars in aid promised to thousands of farmers in need.
By Oliver Willis - February 22, 2022
Almost $8 trillion of the national debt was added by former President Donald Trump — with the GOP’s help.
By Josh Israel - February 08, 2022
The groups are mounting a campaign to pressure Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s landmark social spending plan.
By Josh Axelrod - February 03, 2022
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Tuesday that he ‘never really felt’ affordable child care ‘was society’s responsibility.’
By Josh Israel - January 26, 2022
Experts who praised the president’s first year in office say the post-pandemic economic recovery and U.S. foreign relations, among other things, hinge on what he does next.
By Josh Axelrod - January 24, 2022
President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would have boosted hiring and modernized technology at the Internal Revenue Service.
By Josh Israel - January 24, 2022
Senate Republicans wasted more than 10 hours reading the American Rescue Plan aloud last year.
By Josh Israel - January 18, 2022
Economists say current inflation has little to do with President Joe Biden’s policies and will moderate in 2022.
By Josh Israel - January 12, 2022
Analysts predicted that President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would have supported millions of additional jobs annually.
By Josh Israel - January 07, 2022
Senate Democrats are still negotiating a version of the climate and caregiving package that can win the whole caucus’ support.
By Josh Israel - January 04, 2022
The House minority leader is falsely blaming Democrats for the problems his party helped perpetuate.
By Josh Israel - January 03, 2022
The Senate majority leader also plans to take up voting rights legislation in January.
By Josh Israel - December 20, 2021
Some of the ‘West Virginia citizens’ in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce ad thanking Sen. Joe Manchin for opposing the bill are not just constituents.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2021
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) wants to do away with the expanded child tax credit that has kept nearly 4 million kids out of poverty this year.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2021
Nevada Republican Adam Laxalt and his wife own more than $67,000 in pharmaceutical stocks, according to his recent financial disclosure statement.
By Josh Israel - December 16, 2021
Even some of the economists the business lobbying group cites say they don’t think the Biden plan will fuel long-term inflation.
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