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Month: July 2022
Manchin tests positive for COVID-19
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The Hill’s Morning Report — What’s next for Jan. 6 committee
Washington remains scorching hot, but the city took a mini breather over the weekend as questions surround the Jan. 6 committee’s plans including possibly issuing a subpoena to Ginni Thomas and interviewing former Cabinet secretaries as part of the probe.
The select committee, days after capping off its summer hearings, is laying the groundwork for its fall season as it plans for a new set starting in September. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the p...
Democrats rev up high-stakes final push to lower drug prices
Senate Democrats are making a high-stakes final push to get legislation to lower prescription drug prices over the goal line.
While much of President Biden’s original economic package, from climate measures to higher taxes on the rich, has been stripped out by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the party is trying to salvage a major measure to lower the cost of prescription drugs that Manchin said he would back.
The bill, which could get a Senate vote in the next...
Democrats scramble to squeeze priorities into budget bill
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Dems second-guessing their strategic decisions
Exasperated Senate Democrats are questioning the strategy of President Biden and Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) after many months of negotiation with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) failed to achieve two of their biggest priorities.
In the midst of an intense heat wave in the American Midwest and Europe, Democratic senators are openly questioning if their leadership should have given more urgency to climate legislation by bringing a bill to the floor within the fir...
White House looks to salvage Biden’s domestic agenda
The White House is hoping to salvage what it can of President Biden’s agenda after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) all but struck a fatal blow to talks on climate and tax provisions.
Rather than publicly sparring with Manchin or going back to the drawing board for a reworked deal, the White House is hoping to take any wins it can get in the short time between summer and the midterms, when Republicans appear to have a good chance at retaking both chambers of Congress.
Whit...
The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Fauci’s post-White House career plans
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Heinrich: ‘Not fair’ for Manchin ‘to string people along for a year’
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) on Tuesday told reporters that it was “not fair” for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) “to string people along for a year” by leading his Democratic colleagues to believe that he would support climate legislation only to pull his backing from a bill last week.
Heinrich said Manchin did not fulfill his responsibility to fellow Democratic senators, leaving many of them exasperated and frustrated.
“All of us recognize that ...
The Hill’s Morning Report — Democrats pivot to same-sex marriage
Congress has its hands full this week as the House pushes ahead with a vote to codify same-sex marriage and Senate Democrats continue to wonder what to do about Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) amid a last-gasp effort to pass a budget reconciliation bill of any type.
For the second time in less than a week, House Democrats are focusing on responses to the Supreme Court as the chamber will vote on a pair of bills: the Respect for Marriage Act, aimed at protecting...