Category: Build Back Better

Cash for Kids, No Work Required

Commentary Democrats used to be the party of working people. Now, they sneer at people who work hard. Democrats pushing to pass the Build Back Better bill want a single parent with two kids to be able to take home well over $31,000 in cash and noncash federal benefits a year, tax-free, without having to…


The Dirt on the Reconciliation Bill

Commentary Democrats are quarreling over the price tag of their Build Back Better bill, but the real problem is what’s in it. The bill coerces workers to join unions, imposes racial preferences on every facet of life and redistributes money from workers to takers. Fortunately, this bill is in limbo. Moderate Democrats such as Sen….


Sen. Manchin Mans Up to Budget Insanity

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va), as well as Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), are the only Democrat senators standing in the way of President Joe Biden’s multi-trillion dollar “Build Back Better” proposal. I analyze exactly what is in the spending proposal and why Manchin is representing his constituents and sanity itself. Hosted by the two-time Emmy-nominated actor…


Pelosi Delays Vote on $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). announced Sunday that the vote on the Senate-passed $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill will be held on Sept. 30, days later than originally planned. Lawmakers will still debate the bill on the House floor on Monday but will not actually vote until Thursday, on the same day that some surface transportation programs are set…


Pelosi: ‘Self-Evident’ Dem’s $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill Will Be Scaled Back

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill, dubbed the “Build Back Better Act,” which is scheduled for a vote on Thursday, will likely be scaled back. It “seems self-evident” that the reconciliation bill price tag will be smaller than the original proposal of $3.5 trillion, the California Democrat…


As Party Division Continues, Democratic Leaders Insist ‘Failure Is Not An Option’

At a press conference Tuesday morning, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Vice Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) discussed House Democrats’ policy priorities. Despite continued division in both chambers of Congress between moderates and progressives, Jeffries and Aguilar expressed confidence about the legislative prospects for President Joe Biden’s “build back better” agenda. Two bills—the…


‘We Can’t Afford to Do Everything’ In $3.5 Trillion Budget: Democratic Congresswoman

At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Thursday, Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) raised serious concerns about the spending in the House-advanced $3.5 trillion budget resolution. The expansive budget was advanced by Democrats during an emergency session of the House on Aug. 24. It has since been the top priority of Democrats across various House…


Republicans Buoyed by Democrats’ Outlook for 2022 Turning Grim as Biden Approval Plunges

Bad news just keeps coming for President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies in the Senate and the House of Representatives as they face what could be a November 2022 electoral disaster. Democrats currently control Congress, but just barely, with a 221–213 edge in the House and a 50–50 tie in the Senate that can…