"I'm sorry if you don't like it," the conservative Democrat of West Virginia told Vox. "It's who I am."

The move is set to increase pay for hundreds of thousands of workers on government contracts by the end of March 2022.

The Wyoming Republican called it "disqualifying" for senators who challenged the 2020 election results to run for president in 2024.

The proposal is an effort to keep in place a revamped child tax credit, although Biden is likely to reject it in his latest infrastructure plan.

The Republican senator from Missouri would offer the same amount of federal cash regardless of the number of children but less to single parents.

Republicans have adopted a resolution to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts or reductions in Social Security and Medicare.

The senator is a close ally of former President Donald Trump, who recently urged him to run for another term.

McCarthy insisted Bush is wrong because the GOP has more House members who are women and people of color than ever before.

In a remarkable show of bipartisanship, the bill passed the Senate 94-1. It addresses the spike in violence against Asian Americans.

The plan would set up user-fees to tax people rather than corporations. Democrats are likely to oppose it since it's a quarter of Biden's proposal.

The legislation would counter China's economic influence by pouring federal money into key industries like semiconductors.

A GOP-led bloc is assembling an infrastructure proposal ranging from $600 billion to $800 billion, possibly paid for with new charges on drivers.

"We come to work each day to publish, not cancel," Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp said in a letter to employees, per The Wall Street Journal.

A key tool to provide jobless aid to long-term unemployed people is broken, causing some laid-off workers to have their benefits yanked.

"I had a great life, great company, great business, no problems," Trump told Fox News. "And now all I do is, people go after you. It's vicious."

After first saying to expect the launch "soon," her spokesperson reversed course. Greene said she never read the controversial caucus proposal.

Biden has been unrelenting in his view that now is the time for bold change in America, and so far, Republicans have largely been unable to stop him.

Pressing the GOP to roll back Trump's corporate tax cut is like asking Democrats to undo Obamacare, an expert said. They may raise gas taxes instead.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger said anyone who joins should be stripped of committee assignments, while Reps. Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney condemned nativism.

The program matches bone marrow donors with patients who have leukemia or other blood diseases. The bill passed the House in a 415-2 vote.

This isn't Cruz's first time flouting public health guidance. Asked to wear a mask in March, Cruz told a reporter he was "welcome to step away."

Financial-services firms spent much more on Biden than on Trump, and Bloomberg LP spent more than any other firm, data suggests.

Pence "is expected to fully recover and return to normal activity in the coming days" after his surgery on Wednesday, a statement said.

He told Senate Republicans that the Democratic duo could "save this institution" with their resistance to eliminating the filibuster, Politico reports.

The package may come in at $600 billion to $800 billion and would likely avoid hiking taxes on corporations or undoing much of Trump's 2017 tax cuts.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's cooperation as a "very good thing," saying: "I salute him for it."

The legislation is uniformly opposed by Republicans and is doomed in the Senate as long as the filibuster remains in place.

Sen. Shelly Moore Capito said a package could total up to $800 billion, and suggested some of it could paid for with unused stimulus money.

A new plan from Sens. Ron Wyden and Michael Bennet would also set up a $250 weekly unemployment benefit for gig workers to keep them in the program.

Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said he was in the midst of drafting an "alternative" to President Joe Biden's multitrillion-dollar jobs package.

"What I'm concentrating on is the future. What we are confronting here is a totally left-wing administration," McConnell said instead.

Democrats may deficit-spend as Republicans attack Biden's efforts to raise taxes. "His only red line is inaction," Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

Republicans had mixed reactions to Biden's decision. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said he's "glad the troops are coming home."

IRS chief Charles Rettig said parents will be able to sign up for direct payments in the next few months as Democrats implement Biden's stimulus.

Sen. Roger Wicker says Republicans oppose repealing parts of their 2017 tax law. Biden wants to fund his massive jobs plan with corporate tax hikes.

The path ahead for Democrats on upwards of $3 trillion of infrastructure spending looks different from the one that produced a $1.9 trillion stimulus.

President Joe Biden "spends his time working on behalf of the American people," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.

Parts of the infrastructure plan are drawing support from Republicans - Republican voters, that is. The White House insists this is bipartisanship.

If the Democrats can't come together to pass HR 1 into law, they stand to lose elections for the next 10 years or more.

On a range of political issues, businesses have felt compelled to speak out. But many are silent when it comes to tax hikes, if not hostile.

Talking to Axios, Porter criticized the White House decision to put jobs and family policies in two plans, arguing there's no difference between them.

"Mar-a-Lago and Palm Beach are the center of the Republican universe right now," a spokesman for Trump told The Washington Post.

"I don't even think I could get elected in today's Republican Party anyway," Boehner writes in his new book, per an excerpt from the Washington Post.

Biden's budget plan shows an intention to ramp up spending on education, health, and climate initiatives - programs that Trump tried cutting.

Boehner wrote that Clinton's impeachment was a political effort by his party to win House seats in the midterms.

Kinzinger is the first Republican in Congress to call for Gaetz's resignation after a new report surfaced saying Gaetz sent money to an accused sex trafficker.

"He has no idea how popular he is," former President Donald Trump said in a statement. "Run, Ron, Run!"

"I'm actually okay at 28%," Gary Cohn told Yahoo Finance last year. That's exactly the rate Biden wants corporate tax rates to go back to, from 21%.

Biden said China was "counting on American democracy to be too slow, too limited, and too divided to keep up the pace."

President Joe Biden cited a recent report from a left-leaning think tank that indicated 55 large US companies paid no federal income tax last year.

The Biden administration laid out an ambitious timeline to enact a huge jobs plan within months as Republican opposition to it further hardens.

Armstrong Williams, a Trump world insider, told The Post that he's seen "many, many people" lose job offers following the Capitol riot.

As Trump doubled down on his boycott calls, Barack Obama on Saturday issued a statement supporting the MLB's decision to relocate its All-Star game.

Since Wednesday evening, media watchdogs report, the network hasn't mentioned Gaetz's name a single time.

The two-part package could total $4 trillion, in what President Joe Biden called a "once-in-a-generation investment in America."

A vaccine passport "can make all the things we love to do safer: travel, going to a sporting event, getting back to work," one expert said.

Just 11% of respondents said they associate "cancel culture" with private companies, and 16% said they don't know what it means.

Biden said he planned to run for reelection, questioned whether the GOP had a future as a party, and raised his goal for vaccine distribution.

President Biden inched closer to endorsing Democratic efforts to abolish the rule requiring 60 votes to pass legislation.

"When the federal budget is saving people's lives, they don't think it's such a good idea" to spend more, Biden said. He also talked Trump's tax cuts.

Biden also scoffed at the idea of running against Trump in 2024. "I have no idea if there will be a Republican Party," Biden said.

Experts say the IRS could potentially settle on a quarterly payment system. Democrats want to avoid a bungled rollout along the lines of Obamacare.

Psaki's comments come after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he hasn't received an invite to the White House since Biden was sworn in.

"I don't think our guys are going take the bait on that," one top Senate Republican said as Democrats assemble a massive jobs package.

Democrats may ditch Republicans on some of the infrastructure bill because they oppose paying for it with tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations.

Kennedy suggested that the issue of gun violence is overblown, after mass shootings have killed 18 people in the country in the past week.

Biden may split up a large infrastructure bill into separate legislative pieces to fulfill his economic agenda, which includes free community college.

The IRS and Treasury are moving swiftly to issue tens of millions of direct payments as the Biden administration implements the stimulus law.

The temporary setback could hit mostly gig workers, freelancers, and people who exhausted their state unemployment benefits.

Democrats may bypass the GOP to enact a follow-up infrastructure and jobs package through reconciliation, the procedure used for the Biden stimulus.

The call happened during the ongoing battle over voting rights, with GOP lawmakers in key states introducing bills to restrict voting.

IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig says the agency is aiming to provide refunds so some people don't have to file amended returns for a stimulus tax break.

Recently, President Joe Biden said that Americans earning above $400,000 would experience a "small to significant" tax increase.

The top Republican reiterated threats of a "scorched-earth" Senate as progressive Democrats call to reform filibuster rules.

McConnell's comments set the stage for Democrats to bypass the GOP on a follow-up economic recovery bill, similar to how the stimulus package passed.

Sen. Ron Wyden's office told Insider a standalone bill to protect stimulus checks from debt collectors is coming this week, as the IRS sends them out.

The IRS said it is officially releasing the direct payments on March 17, so it may take a few more days for major banks to clear them.

Nancy Pelosi's announcement starts the clock on hammering out the thorny details of a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure bill.

The IRS requires an amended tax return for the stimulus' exemption on the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits. 21 Senators want that to change.

Tucker Carlson keeps talking about a reporter at The New York Times. It's the latest cultural flashpoint that has found ample airtime on Fox News.

The Bucks County Republican Party blamed the incident on a third-party vendor and an "unintended technological error."

Recent Politico/Morning Consult polling found 75% of registered voters, including 59% of Republicans, support the stimulus package.

The House on Thursday passed two bills that would establish new background check requirements on firearm sales and transfers.

The vote reflected the widening gulf between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill. Biden could have a tough time attracting GOP support.

The package includes $1,400 direct payments for Americans and $300 weekly unemployment benefits, bringing the stimulus to $5 trillion over a year.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said he is uncertain over whether any House GOP lawmakers will sign on to Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package.

Despite what liberal Twitter accounts may think, Texas isn't made up of just Republicans. The state houses millions of Democrats and deserves help.

Sen. Joe Manchin criticized the reconciliation process as a path to more spending on climate and infrastructure, and he opposes ending the filibuster.

The administration said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was "focused like a laser" on getting checks out the door this month.

Sen. Joe Manchin's objection to unemployment aid provisions halted Senate activity for hours while Democrats ironed out the differences.

Two prominent Democrats said McCarthy is focusing on a trivial matter while lawmakers are trying to pass a $1.9 trillion relief package.

Joe Manchin opposed a Democratic plan for unemployment benefits. Opposition from Senate Democrats to a $15 minimum wage was also laid bare.

"If they're going to add nearly $2T to the national debt at least we should know what's in the bill," Sen. Ron Johnson wrote in a tweet.

As leading Republicans whitewash Trump's legacy and enable the personality cult surrounding him, it's also revealing deep fractures in the party.

Democrats advanced the stimulus bill, kicking off a marathon debate that's likely to push a final Senate vote into the weekend.

Senate Democrats want to make the larger tax credit permanent and give families an option to receive monthly checks. Biden wants a permanent one too.

Biden approved phasing out direct payments entirely for individuals making above $80,000 a year and married couples earning more than $160,000.

Wealthier people may not get a $1,400 check under the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. Biden indicated he'd lower the income cap for eligibility.

Chuck Schumer told reporters talks are under way with a group of nine senators including Joe Manchin, who's suggested a $300 federal jobless benefit.

Democratic efforts to salvage the wage increase with a new tax plan collapsed over the weekend as Senate Democrats gear up to pass the stimulus bill.