Progressives responded with outrage following Sunday night's report that right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has told the White House that he would only support prolonging the expanded child tax credit—a key component of his party's potentially historic investment in improving social welfare—if it includes a work...
You know, when a long, hard, well fought victory is finally attained, euphoria and celebration are the normal emotions. But as I watched the vote tally board on the bipartisan infrastructure hit 220 yeas, I didn't feel like I...
Never say never. There were many who thought that Joe Manchin was going to tank Build Back Better but that doesn't seem to be the case right now. Maybe it was the folks kiyacking out to his houseboat "Almost...
This is refreshing. The debt ceiling issue is not about the Democrats spending. It's never been about the Democrats spending. And it's nice to hear that reality from the lips of a Republican strategist.
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And it's no surprise that Addison...
This is not something that you see everyday. Joe Manchin has been discussing an exit plan from the Democratic party in the eventuality that he can't prevail in the Senate on the $1.75 Trillion version of the Build Back...
The midnight oil is burning in Washington as progressives attempt to hold the line in voting on the BIF and Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion infrastructure package. There is no simple way to codify the endless back and forth negotiations...
You've heard all the crazy talk about stripping the 13 GOPers who voted along with the Democrats to get Joe Biden's trillion dollar infrastructure bill passed. Mitch McConnell was one of the Republican senators who voted for it in...
Shakespeare said, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Well, Bill, it's like this: when you see a "D" behind a senator's name you want to be able...
I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat  Will Rodgers
Sweet Jesus! Why is this so fucking hard! The Democrats are poised to pass the most significant social legislation since The Great Society, and yet the Democrats...
Are you pinching yourself? I understand. I'm wondering if I'm hallucinating as well, but I did pull up the article where Mitch McConnell says this very thing. What a world we live in. McConnell voted for Biden's infrastructure bill,...
