Republicans and Democrats are gearing up for a contentious 2022 midterm cycle from coast to coast, when both chambers of Congress and 36 governors’ mansions will be up for grabs.
Republicans are jubilant, brimming with confidence about what Glenn Youngkin’s gubernatorial win in Virginia means for their 2022 hopes to take back control of Congress.
The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday advanced in bipartisan votes four of President Biden
The committee advanced the nominations of Lily Batchelder to be assistant secretary for tax policy, Nellie Liang to be under secretary for domestic finance, Benjamin Harris to be assistant secretary for economic policy and Jonathan Davidson to be assistant secretary for legislative affairs.
Batchelder’s nomination received a vote of 22-6 and Liang’s nomination received a vote of 24-4. The committee unanimously voted to advance Harris and Davidson’s nominations. The nominations now head to the full Senate.
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The votes come as Biden has made a recovery from the coronavirus-related economic downturn a top priority. The president in March signed into law a $1.9 trillion relief package, and many aspects of that measure are being implemented by Treasury. Biden has also released a $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal and a $1.8 trillion plan focused on education and child ca
President Biden and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), the lead Republican negotiator on infrastructure, spoke by phone on Friday but didn’t announce any significant development or breakthrough in talks that have stretched past the initial deadline of Memorial Day.
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Warren said during a Washington Post Live event that she has laid out a plan for “lowering the age of Medicare, which by the way is on table right now and something we’re all talking about.”
“I would like to see us start out by lowering the age of Medicare down to 55,” she said.
The current age of eligibility is 65.
“I would also like to see us right now attack the cost of prescription drugs,” Warren added.
Sanders says he’s been talking directly to Biden about similar priorities.
“What I think needs to be done is that Medicare needs to be expanded to include dental, hearing aids and eyeglasses,” he told The Hill last week, adding that lowering the Medicare eligibility age is “very important.”