Daily News - Sen. Lindsey Graham said he now thinks that President Biden's Build Back Better bill is 'dead forever' after Democrats announced that they are tabling the legislation until after Christmas. Read the full article. The South Carolina Republican said that the Congressional Budget Office score, which found the $1.75 trillion bill would add $3 trillion to the…
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Daily Mail - Progressives are grumbling that Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has likely stalled passage of President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill until next year. Read the full article. 'God bless Sen. Manchin, but he does love to keep everyone guessing until the very end,' Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal said Wednesday. Rep. Cori Bush,…
Public News Service - As the deadline to pass the Build Back Better Act looms, West Virginia organizers are collecting stories from families in the Mountain State about why extending the Child Tax Credit through the legislation is critical. Read the full article. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is one of the major critics of the bill due to concerns…
Texas News Today - President Joe Biden encouraged the Senate to perform a sudden switch to voting rights legislation after his hopes of passing his signature Build Back Better plan by Christmas faded. Read the full article. Biden spoke out after Democrat rebel Senator Manchin appeared to kill chances of the $1.75 trillion bill passing in the…
Daily Mail - Rebel Democratic Senator Joe Manchin snapped on Wednesday after reports his opposition to the Child Tax Credit killed Joe Biden's hopes for the Senate to pass the president's signature Build Back Better bill by Christmas. Read the full article. 'This is b******t. You're b******t,' the West Virginia senator yelled at Arthur Delaney, a…
CNN Business - The monthly child tax credit from the federal government has buoyed low-income families. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich speaks with two families in West Virginia at risk of food insecurity if the Build Back Better bill isn't passed. Watch the full segment.
CNN, Kake - Almost all of the states that produce the most unfavorable economic and health care outcomes for children are among those poised to ban or severely restrict access to abortion if the Supreme Court overturns the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision. Read the full article. That pattern underscores the paradox that the states most…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Last month I traveled to New York for my birthday on my first trip since COVID hit. Read the full op-ed.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - I've covered the state budget process long enough to know that budget surpluses are better than budget deficits, so November tax collections of $435.6 million, $88.03 million above projections, is good news. Read the full article.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - State officials Monday discussed state and federal workforce shortage issues and the role the "benefits cliff effect" plays in exacerbating those shortages. Read the full article.