Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) on Friday confirmed she placed a hold on President Biden’s nominee for a senior Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) position, citing concerns over the EPA’s policy toward a coal plant in her state.
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) announced on Thursday that he supports nixing the filibuster on voting rights legislation, marking the latest Senate Democrat to back changing the upper chamber's rules.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) signaled on Thursday that he could support the $1.75 trillion price tag for Democrats' social spending plan, even as he hasn't said if he supports the overall framework deal.
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On Friday evening he delivered when he helped break an eight-hour stalemate between centrist Sen. Joe Manchin
Under the deal, laid-off workers will receive $300-a-week federal unemployment benefits on top of their state benefits until Sept. 6. And the first $10,200 in unemployment benefits received in 2020 will be tax-free for households with less than $150,000 in annual income.
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Democratic senators say Biden was “very involved” in trying to mediate. They say that Biden, who served in the Senate from 1973 to 2009, called Manchin directly to get him to support a compromise proposal backed by the rest of the Democratic caucus.
“President Biden has been very involved as you would expect him to be,” said a Democratic senator familiar with the negotiations.