Sen. Joe Manchin (R-W.Va.) announced on July 27 that he has reached a deal with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on energy, taxes, and health care, to advance a revised, alternate version to the Build Back Better (BBB) bill. The new spending package, now dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” will “address record inflation…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced on July 27 that he has reached a deal with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on energy, taxes, and health care, to advance a revised, alternate version to the Build Back Better (BBB) bill. The new spending package, now dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” will “address record inflation…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced on July 27 that he has reached a deal with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on energy, taxes, and health care to advance what appears to be a revised, alternate version to the Build Back Better (BBB) bill. The new spending package, now dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act of…

President Joe Biden slaps heavy sanctions on Russia, after he officially acknowledges President Vladimir Putin’s actions as an invasion with a plan to attack Ukraine. Escalation is expected to grow in the days ahead. More and more Americans are expressing concern over the rising cost of living. Biden wants to revive his Build Back Better…

The vice president and Senate Democrats are reminding parents not to miss out on the second half of payments from the expanded child tax credit. The reminder comes as the Senate is still grappling with how to extend these benefits as the Build Back Better bill remains stalled in Congress. The data is in and it…

Commentary Why don’t the union bosses in America represent their union members anymore? Could it be because the union leadership has become more beholden to the Democratic politicians in Washington than the rank-and-file workers who pay the dues? We saw an example of this betrayal of the workers not long ago when the United Association…

Commentary How much do solar, wind, and electric vehicle companies get in federal handouts and tax loopholes in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill? Well over $100 billion in taxpayer largesse. If all the tax credits are included, that number could reach half a trillion dollars. No other industry in American history has ever…

Goldman Sachs downgraded the country’s quarterly GDP projections for 2022, as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) confirmed his stance in rejecting the Build Back Better package, a move that could derail President Joe Biden’s $1.75-trillion bill. Failure to pass the bill would result in lower economic growth, according to analysts at the Wall Street firm. “We…

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has struck another blow to Democrats’ ambitions to provide millions of illegal aliens amnesty in the Build Back Better budget bill. Because Democrats are using the complicated and rule-laden reconciliation process, the scope of the legislation is far more constrained than a normal piece of legislation. The reconciliation process, first formulated…

A CDC panel’s voted on another recommendation for COVID-19 vaccines, Texas is the latest state not to comply with the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate, and President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill is on hold for the holidays.