President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order that aims to transform the Federal Governments’ fleet of motor vehicles to all-electric fueling engines. The President also wants to increase tax incentives and rebates for customers to buy electric vehicles. He has talked about building more than half a million electric vehicle charging stations across the … Read more
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), who likes to fancy himself a “moderate” deal maker – even though he has never negotiated any deal to my knowledge – should be looking over his shoulder at Democrat-turned- Republican Governor Jim Justice, who is decidedly more progressive in his views than is Joe Manchin. He could take your Senate … Read more
President Joe Biden met with a group of 10 Republicans at the White House on Monday to discuss COVID relief legislation, but he quickly made it clear following the meeting that he won’t settle for a watered-down GOP proposal. The full statement: The President and the Vice President had a substantive and productive discussion with … Read more
Follow-up to David Gordon’s post, Are Republicans Serious About Compromise On Covid Relief Probably Not But The People Should Know For Sure Soon. Moody’s Analytics Mark Zandi’s analysis of The Biden Fiscal Rescue Package: Light on the Horizon (introduction): President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion fiscal rescue package, the American Rescue Plan, would provide a … Read more
With Democrats telling Republicans to put up or get out of the way on the American Rescue Act, ten Republican Senators led by Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Rob Portman, and Bill Cassidy have released the outline of an alternative COVID relief plan that is less than a third of the cost of the … Read more