The House of Representatives is on track to vote on Friday to pass Democrats’ $750 billion health care, energy and climate bill, in a significant victory for President Joe Biden and his party. Once the Democratic-controlled House approves the bill, it would next go to Biden to be signed into law.Final passage of the bill […]
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Biden regains momentum with new bill
One month ago, the heart of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda was on life support, and his job approval rating had dropped to a new low. Biden and his party appeared headed for a shellacking in the midterm elections. Even Democratic voters seemed ready to move on from the president, openly questioning whether he should […]
Biden takes victory lap as Senate Democrats pass budget package
Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740 billion package heads next to the House, where lawmakers are poised […]
After 2 weeks, Biden to end Covid isolation
President Biden will end isolation at the White House after a second negative COVID-19 test on Sunday. In a memo for White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the president’s physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor said Biden’s SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing “was negative for a second consecutive day.” “He will safely return to public engagement and presidential travel,” […]
Will the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ work?
The Democrats’ reconciliation bill has both sides of the partisan divide citing study after study to argue for or against the deal. The bill, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, aims to curb climate change, improve health care, raise certain taxes, and cut the deficit. The problem is sometimes opposite sides are making their cases […]
Joe Biden’s Latest Approval Rating Lowest for Any President
Joe Biden approval ratings have sunk to an all-time low in the most recent Gallup Poll, with just 38 percent of people happy with the job the president is doing. The July survey is the first time that Biden’s approval rating has fallen below 40 percent in Gallup’s monthly polls since he took office in […]
No Democrat President Has Survived a Recession Since FDR
News that the U.S. has unofficially entered recession spells political danger for Joe Biden, with no Democrat president having been re-elected after a recession began in their term of office since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Figures from the Commerce Department released on Thursday showed U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by an annualized rate of 0.9 […]
Biden, Xi Speak as US-China Tensions Rise
US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping began their first conversation since March on Thursday, a call the White House says is intended to keep relations stable despite rising tensions over Taiwan and the war in Ukraine. The discussion is the fifth time the two presidents have spoken since Biden took office. The […]
Biden to speak with Xi as tensions build
President Biden is expected to have a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, the White House said, calling the United States’ relationship with Beijing “one of the most consequential bilateral relationships in the world,” as U.S. officials double down on their warnings that China poses the greatest long-term threat to U.S. national security. […]
Biden goes silent after SCOTUS gives him power to nix “Remain in Mexico’ policy
Last month, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Biden administration to unwind a Trump-era policy that has forced thousands of asylum seekers to wait in Mexico, often in dangerous settings, for their U.S. court proceedings. But having previously moved quickly to end the “Remain in Mexico” policy, the administration has suddenly decided to […]
This week’s economic reports are ‘moment of truth’ for Biden
Every week is a tough week for this White House right now. But as he recovers from his Covid-19 infection, President Joe Biden faces a new moment of truth this week about an economy that is stuck in an identity crisis and buffeted by unpredictable outside forces — and his White House knows it, as […]
Biden Fast Tracks the Switch from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy
Climate initiatives were put on hold last week, with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) pulling the plug on Democratic leaders’ efforts to support an economic package that contains new spending on climate or tax increases. Nine Democratic leaders, including Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), sent a letter to Biden on Wednesday, urging him to declare a climate […]