Congress facing shutdown, debt crisis with no plan B thehill.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehill.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Democrats are heading for a chaotic, make-or-break stretch with President Biden
With lawmakers starting to return to Washington on Monday, Democrats are entering crunch time as they try to move past months of haggling to an intense few weeks of summer legislating that will determine whether their top priority stalls out or if they achieve one of the party’s biggest legislative victories since passing ObamaCare more than a decade ago.
But first, they need to lock down details ahead of the infrastructure roller coaster that will not only test Democratic unity, as progressives and moderates battle for leverage, but also set up high-profile clashes with Republicans that are likely to reverberate into 2022.
Democratic majority shrinks, but finds unity thehill.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehill.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
US Congress passes $1.9T Covid relief bill in win for Biden
AP/Washington Filed on March 11, 2021
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pose after signing the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill during an enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. AP
$1,400 direct payments to most of the Americans and extending $300 weekly unemployment benefits into early September are among the key attractions
A Congress riven along party lines approved the landmark $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill on Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a major triumph on legislation marshalling the government’s spending might against twin pandemic and economic crises that have upended a nation.
Biden on precipice of first big win thehill.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehill.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.