Politico reports, Schumer says he has votes for moving $3.5 trillion package: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that all 50 Democrats will vote to move forward on the party’s $3.5 trillion social spending proposal. The devil will be in the details. Schumer’s remarks come after the Senate took the first step to advance … Read more
Told ya so! The Gang of Twenty’s fictitious “bipartisan” infrastructure bill appears to be falling apart today after Republican negotiators had promised they would have the bill ready by Monday. There was never any good faith in these negotiations, despite what Joe Biden would like to believe, it was always Mitch McConnell’s rope-a-dope strategy to … Read more
In the welcoming rain, leading members of Arizona Deserves Better, Stop Dark Money, and Invest in Arizona held a public event at former State Attorney General Terry Goddard’s law office to launch petition drives to overrule the anti-Democratic acts of Grand Canyon state Republicans because, as Deserves Better leader Alison Porter said, “a lot of … Read more
The government will likely run out of borrowing authority sometime in October or November unless Congress takes action to raise or suspend the debt limit (debt ceiling), the Congressional Budget Office warned Wednesday. Debt limit deadline likely October or November, CBO says: The new forecast sets the stage for a fall showdown over the debt … Read more
Update to Senate To Vote On Fictitious Gang Of Twenty ‘Bipartisan’ Infrastructure Bill On Wednesday: Prediction: The fictitious “bipartisan” infrastructure agreement fails the cloture vote on Wednesday. Just as I predicted. The vote was 49-51, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer voting with all of the Republicans as a procedural requirement to allow him to bring … Read more