House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) met with leaders of the Pro-Life Caucus and guests on the “Right to Life” to discuss the importance of standing against taxpayer-funded abortions.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confident her party is close to an agreement on the reconciliation package. The California representative declared an early victory during a Thursday presser.
Tension between the two major parties appears to heat up after the Democrat-backed election bill was blocked in the Senate. On Wednesday, Kamala Harris spoke to the press about GOP senator’s unanimous vote against the so-called Freedom to Vote Act, which aims to federalize U.S. elections.
Joe Biden pushes his agenda on child care as part of his “Build Back Better” initiative. Biden addressed his plans for government-funded child care in the hopes that parents, and more-so mothers, are able to go back to work and make a living, which is a critical part of his social spending agenda.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she’s “very disappointed” Democrats are not going ahead with the proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. During a press conference this week, she claimed the spending package would have been very transformative, but insisted it will still lead to extensive reform.
California Rep. Maxine Waters (D) is blasting Democrat Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) over their hesitation toward Joe Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar reconciliation bill.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said his vote to raise the debt ceiling was the only win he plans to give Joe Biden.
A new point of contention has surfaced for the already divided Democrat Party in the debate over the $3.5 trillion spending plan, that being the Hyde Amendment. Joe Biden took a weak stance on whether abortions should be federally funded on Tuesday.
Economist Stephen Moore said Democrats can’t pull their own party together long enough to pass their own agenda. During an interview on Sunday, Moore said Democrats have put themselves in “circular firing squads” and added it was funny to witness as a Republican himself.