Michael Delaney asked the White House to withdraw his nomination from consideration to be a federal appellate judge after it stalled over bipartisan concerns, according to a letter obtained by Bloomberg Law.
President Joe Biden cast Republican congressional candidates as committed to “destroying America,” and said he had no respect for adherents of former President Donald Trump, as he kicked off his midterm campaign push with a rally in Maryland’s suburbs.
Senators from states that haven’t expanded their Medicaid programs under Obamacare are making a final, determined push to get their colleagues to include in their health, tax and climate legislation some kind of help for those caught in the gap between private and public insurance programs.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) struck a deal on a tax, health-care, tax, and energy policy bill, breaking a deadlock on Democrats’ long-sought legislation to enact major parts of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda.
President Joe Biden vowed to take executive action on climate change after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) put a sweeping tax and energy bill on hold, telling congressional Democrats to move ahead on a smaller measure to rein in drug prices and stop premium hikes for Obamacare that he would sign.