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Social Security fixes could animate post-midterms agenda - Roll Call

Veterans of previous bipartisan working groups in the Senate have begun talking about the need for fixes to counter future shortfalls.

Child tax credit talks quietly percolate amid advocates’ push

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitt Romney on Tuesday suggested a bipartisan group of senators who’ve struck other deals to move legislation through the evenly divided chamber could next turn their focus to reviving an expanded child tax credit after a more generous version lapsed last month.

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Child tax credit talks quietly percolate amid advocates' push - Roll Call

Child tax credit talks quietly percolate amid advocates' push - Roll Call

Romney suggested senators could turn focus next to reviving an expanded child tax credit after a more generous version lapsed last month.

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Democratic divisions fester over ‘Build Back Better’

WASHINGTON — Disagreements on policy and a crowded Senate to-do list are further complicating Democrats’ path to passing their sweeping social safety net and climate package in some form or another.

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Democratic divisions fester over 'Build Back Better' - Roll Call

Disagreements on policy and a crowded Senate to-do list are further complicating Democrats’ path to passing their sweeping budget bill.

Some Democrats hope climate consensus can save budget bill

Proposals for tackling climate change are emerging as an area of Democratic unity that could reach the congressional finish line and potentially bring with them at least some other measures in the party’s budget reconciliation bill.

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Some Democrats hope climate consensus can save budget bill - Roll Call

Proposals for tackling climate change are emerging as an area of Democratic unity that could revive the party's budget reconciliation bill.

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Democrats mull how much to build back, and when, in budget bill

Democrats mull how much to build back, and when, in budget bill

Democrats eager to enact some form of their "Build Back Better" package before the midterm elections are floating disparate strategies.

Senators push Biden to fight to preserve the child tax credit

WASHINGTON — Five Democratic senators urged President Biden on Wednesday to continue to fight hard to extend the child tax credit, which he suggested last week might have to be dropped from a revamped version of his sweeping climate and domestic spending package.

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Analysis: Splitting up budget package carries procedural risks

Democrats face procedural obstacles in any attempt to break up their clean energy and social safety net expansion bill and pass it in “chunks” — a path suggested by President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

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Splitting up budget package carries procedural risks - Roll Call

Splitting up budget package carries procedural risks - Roll Call

Democrats face procedural obstacles in any attempt to break up their clean energy and social safety net bill and pass it in “chunks.”

Democrats ‘not ready to throw in the towel’ on child tax credit

WASHINGTON — Top Democratic tax writers remained optimistic Thursday about restoring a more generous version of the child tax credit that sent monthly checks to families after President Joe Biden admitted he’s “not sure” he can get the votes to pass it.

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Democrats 'not ready to throw in the towel' on child tax credit - Roll Call

Democrats 'not ready to throw in the towel' on child tax credit - Roll Call

Top Democratic tax writers remained optimistic Thursday about restoring a more generous version of the child tax credit.

Republicans block Democrats’ voting rights push in the Senate

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked President Joe Biden’s voting rights measure, handing Democrats their second high-profile setback in as many months.

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Biden reviews first year of ‘challenges but also enormous progress’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday sought to reframe his presidency as one of “challenges but also enormous progress,” saying he would restart efforts to pass his signature legislative agenda and use the midterm election campaigns to push harder against Republican obstinance.

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At news conference, Biden reviews first year of ‘challenges but also enormous progress’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday sought to reframe his presidency as one “of challenges but also enormous progress,” even as he acknowledged voters were disheartened in the face of the persistent and deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

Acknowledging hurdles, Biden ready to split up budget package - Roll Call

Biden publicly acknowledged for the first time that his stalled budget reconciliation package may need to be substantially slimmed down.

Biden ties midterm election legitimacy to doomed voting rights bill - Roll Call

President Joe Biden did say Wednesday that there may be a way to reach consensus on the Electoral Count Act.

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After setbacks, Biden enters year two looking to emphasize accomplishments

WASHINGTON — On the eve of President Biden's first press conference in 10 months, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stepped to the briefing room podium on Tuesday and referred to the television screen over her shoulder that detailed what she described as the administration's year-one accomplishments — 6.4 million…

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Senate begins debate on voting rights legislation

WASHINGTON — The Senate began debate on voting rights legislation Tuesday for the first time this Congress, inching toward putting every member of the chamber on the record about where they stand on the issue.

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