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Sen. Manchin backs $369 billion energy-climate plan, rejects SALT

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have struck a deal on a tax, energy and climate bill, breaking a deadlock on the Democrats’ long-sought legislation to enact major parts of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

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Washington waits for Sinema's verdict on shock Manchin spending deal

Solving the Democrats' tax and spending puzzle in the Senate has always involved two key pieces: Sinema and Manchin.

Axios

Sen. Manchin backs $369 billion energy-climate plan, rejects SALT

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have struck a deal on a tax, energy and climate policy bill, breaking a deadlock on the Democrats’ long-sought legislation to enact major parts of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

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Dems fail to reverse any Trump tax cuts

"Nobody should get a pass for it. It's nothing short of an embarrassment"

Salon

Progressives are making a multimillion-dollar bet on an unorthodox strategy to win Arizona

Among the midterm battleground states, few command as much national attention as Arizona, which has two marquee races — governor and U.S. Senate — at the top of the ticket. One progressive coalition, however, is making an eight-figure wager that the key for Democrats' success is down-ballot: the usually sleepy…

Los Angeles Times

How the Senate's CHIPS-plus bill ballooned by billions

An inside look at how senators managed to boost the bill from $52 billion to nearly $250 billion.

Axios

How ‘Build Back Better’ started, and how it’s going: a timeline

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden last year asked Congress to pass more than $4 trillion worth of infrastructure and economic proposals. Progressive Democrats sought to bump that up to $6 trillion. Now Democrats will be lucky to pass just a fraction of that before the midterm elections this fall.

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How 'Build Back Better' started, and how it's going: a timeline - Roll Call

President Joe Biden last year asked Congress to pass more than $4 trillion worth of infrastructure and economic proposals. Progressive Democrats sought to bump that up to $6 trillion. Now Democrats will be lucky to pass just a fraction of that before the midterm elections this fall. Sen. Joe Manchin…

Roll Call

Bernie Sanders rips Manchin for ‘sabotaging’ Biden’s climate agenda

Sen. Joe Manchin is “intentionally sabotaging” President Joe Biden’s agenda, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday in the latest left-flank blast at Manchin for sinking Democrats’ climate plans.

Tribune News Service

Joe Manchin's scuttling of climate agenda action slammed by Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar

"He has sabotaged the president's agenda," Sanders said on ABC's "This Week."

Axios

The Republican party is terrible. So why may Democrats lose to them this year?

Some commentators think Democrats have moved too far to the left — too far from the so-called ‘center’. This is utter rubbish

The Guardian - US

Sinema helps kill plan to codify Roe

Sinema won't back filibuster carveout to pass an abortion bill she is co-sponsoring

Salon

Senior Senate Democrat says changing the filibuster not likely to protect abortion rights

Biden reversal proves not enough to influence Manchin, Sinema

The Independent UK

Biden backs filibuster change to restore abortion rights

President Joe Biden said he would support changing the Senate’s filibuster rules to pass legislation ensuring privacy rights and access to abortion, calling the Supreme Court “destabilizing” for controversial decisions, including overturning Roe v. Wade.

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The Independent UK

Biden backs filibuster exception to protect abortion access

President Joe Biden says he would support eliminating the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

The Independent UK

GOP senator Thom Tillis is pushing back on Trump on guns. Why the North Carolina Republican think it’s time to act

The Republican senator who helped negotiate the first major piece of gun legislation in 28 years talks with Eric Garcia about bipartisanship, why Trump shouldn’t oppose the gun bill and why he supported a primary challenge against Madison Cawthorn

The Texas Tribune

How John Cornyn and the U.S. Senate defied 26 years of inaction to tackle gun violence

Four senators, including Cornyn, used a distinctive combination of policy expertise, legislative experience and political courage to push past obstacles that had repeatedly stymied previous attempts at compromise.

The Independent UK

‘Reform the filibuster’ and codify abortion rights, Tim Ryan urges Senate after Roe struck down

Message once only embraced by progressives is now front and centre

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Commentary: If Biden gives up on climate, it’s a white flag for the planet

At one point in Al Gore’s seminal 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth,” the former vice president laments that his tobacco-farming parents didn’t stop raising tobacco until after their beloved daughter Nancy died of lung cancer in Tennessee.

Axios

Senate advances bipartisan gun control legislation in the wake of mass shootings

It's the most significant gun safety package considered by the Senate in decades.

The Guardian - US

Democrats risk a crushing defeat this year. They must change course now

Progressive policies that help the working class are wildly popular with voters. Why are we letting Republicans and corporate Democrats dictate our agenda?

Tribune News Service

Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up

WASHINGTON — Democrats face big obstacles and a deadline measured in weeks as they attempt to salvage a scaled-down tax, climate and health care package that could give them a boost ahead of the November elections.

Roll Call

Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up

Democrats face big obstacles and a deadline measured in weeks as they attempt to salvage a scaled-down tax, climate and health care package.

The Guardian - US

Until the US Senate is accountable to America, we’ll never get gun control

Democrats are heading into this year’s elections without having tried even basic steps to balance the chamber, including ending the filibuster or admitting liberal Washington DC as a state

Axios

Manchin's bipartisan energy talks crumble, paving way for Democrat-only deal

Republicans are convinced Manchin is close to a reconciliation deal with Chuck Schumer.

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