Kamala Harris Struggles Through Question On Inflation During CBS Interview
Lindsay Kornick Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to give a coherent answer when asked about the economy and inflation during a Sunday interview on CBS. Harris appeared on “Face the Nation” when host Margaret Brennan asked her on the issues of inflation going into the “third year” of a pandemic. The question referred to a previous statement pushed by […]
Democrats Strike Offshore Drilling Ban After Manchin Opposition: REPORT
Thomas Catenacci Democratic lawmakers reportedly eliminated a proposed measure to ban offshore oil and gas drilling along the U.S. coastline from their sweeping spending package after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced his opposition. The provision was absent from an early draft of the roughly $2.2 trillion Build Back Better Act that was circulated on Capitol […]
Republican Leaders Slam Biden As ‘Inflation Contagion’ Plagues The Nation
Harry Wilmerding Republican leaders blasted President Joe Biden after November’s Consumer Price Index released Friday reached its highest level in 39 years. Republicans pointed to Biden’s Build Back Better plan and the Federal Reserve’s hawkish monetary policy for contributing to the surging inflation. Soaring prices and falling unemployment, which dipped 4.2% in November, will likely […]
Key Climate Provision In Biden’s Spending Package In Limbo
Thomas Catenacci Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the likely deciding vote for Democrats’ massive spending package, expressed concerns with the bill’s central climate provision on Wednesday. The West Virginia senator suggested that a proposed methane fee that would fine companies emitting more than a predetermined limit was unnecessary given existing environmental protections, The Washington […]
Mexico, Canada Claim Democrats’ Budget Bill Violates Trade Agreement
Thomas Catenacci Mexico doubled down on its criticism of the Democrats’ Build Back Better Act, arguing that a provision favoring U.S. automakers violates the recently-signed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Both the Mexican and Canadian governments have fought against the Democrats’ proposal which would include the largest tax credits for American, union-made electric vehicles, according to The Hill. The legislation, which passed […]
Elon Musk Says Democrats Should Tank Entire Build Back Better Bill
Thomas Catenacci Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed Democrats’ Build Back Better Act, arguing that it should be scrapped entirely since many of its provisions are unnecessary or harmful. “Honestly, I would just can this whole bill,” Musk said during The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit on Monday. “Don’t pass it. That’s my recommendation.” Musk also told […]
Ex-OMB Chief: $5 Trillion Is Real Cost Of Biden’s Build Back Better
By Art Moore WND News Center President Joe Biden reviews remarks he will deliver about the situation in Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House photo by Erin Scott) The Democrats’ $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act actually will cost more than double the sticker price, according to […]
House Sends Infrastructure Bill To Biden’s Desk After 11th-Hour Agreement Between Liberals, Moderates
Andrew Trunsky The House Friday night passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill after a multi-hour standoff between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and left-wing members of her party who vowed to oppose it without voting on President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion spending package in tandem. It passed after an 11th-hour deal between the far-left Congressional Progressive Caucus, […]
Democrats’ Plan To Pass $1.75T Spending Package, Infrastructure Bill Collapses Amid Intraparty Disagreements
Andrew Trunsky House Democrats’ plan Friday to pass both the bipartisan infrastructure package and President Joe Biden’s social-safety net bill collapsed amid objections from the party’s moderate and left wings. A handful of moderates insisted that the budget get a Congressional Budget Office score before passage, and liberals insisted that both bills pass together, vowing […]
House Democrats Tee Up Final Votes On Infrastructure And $1.75 Trillion Spending Bill
Andrew Trunsky The House on Thursday scheduled final passage votes on President Joe Biden’s sweeping social-safety net package and the bipartisan infrastructure bill for Friday morning after a flurry of last-minute intraparty negotiations led to compromise. Democratic leadership had initially speculated that votes could happen Thursday, but Majority Leader Steny Hoyer instead notified that the […]
