Joe Manchin

The Democrats’ expansive elections and voting bill is all but certain to be rejected in a key Senate test vote

The Senate will take a key vote next week on a sweeping rewrite of voting and election law, setting up a dramatic test of Democratic unity on a top priority that Republicans are vowing to block

A partisan ad war has erupted in West Virginia as both sides are trying to pressure Joe Manchin over elements of his party’s agenda.

The Senate on Tuesday passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a $250 billion bill aimed at countering China’s technological ambitions.

The Koch network has been actively pressuring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin to oppose key legislative items linked to Biden’s agenda.

The Senate is set to pass one of the largest industrial bills in U.S. history to bulk up technology manufacturing in an effort to match competition from China.

A key Democratic senator says he won’t vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation

The decision by the moderate West Virginia Democrat essentially guarantees the legislation will fail to pass in Congress.

WorkMoney, a nonprofit that launched last year at the height of the pandemic, is launching the effort, which includes digital ads on Facebook and Google.

A long-shot bid to pass legislation that would make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state is stalling in the Senate.

Larry Hogan advocated for a more narrowly focused plan that cuts huge chunks out of the $2 trillion proposal put forward by President Joe Biden.

Manchin, a key figure in negotiations over the president’s proposal, praised the Republicans’ counteroffer proposal, which is a fraction of the cost of the one Biden has unveiled.

The Senate filibuster is coming under fresh scrutiny

Sen. Joe Manchin said he will not vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster under any circumstances. His position likely brings to a close efforts to lower the barriers to passing parts of President Joe Biden’s agenda in Congress. The filibuster generally requires legislation to garner 60 votes in the Senate, which is evenly divided 50-50 among Democrats and Republicans….

Advocacy groups from across the political spectrum are preparing for an all-out war over President Biden’s coming tax reform proposal.

With President Joe Biden’s Covid stimulus package set to become law, the White House now turns its attention to a once-in-a-generation infrastructure bill.

The Democratic-led House now plans to vote on the Senate legislation Tuesday so that President Joe Biden can sign it into law early in the week.

The Senate’s Covid relief bill lowered enhanced federal unemployment benefits to $300 per week and excludes a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

“This critical relief package is going to get done before anybody goes over the cliff,”Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said on a press call Wednesday.

President Joe Biden withdrew the nomination of Neera Tanden as his budget chief at her request after it appeared she had no way to win Senate confirmation.