Biden toured the city’s Municipal Transit Utility, and he delivered remarks focused on how the massive infrastructure package would benefit Wisconsin residents. “It’s going to make the world a difference for families here in Wisconsin,” Biden said. “More than a thousand bridges here in Wisconsin are rated as structurally deficient by engineers,” he said. “A […] Read more
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will pitch Congress on $1.8 trillion in new spending and tax credits aimed toward children, students and families, senior administration officials said. Biden will unveil the massive new package less than a month after the White House put forward a sweeping proposal to spend more than $2 trillion over eight years […] Read more
President Joe Biden’s coronavirus rescue plan, and two of its key economic provisions, have broad support as Democrats try to push it through Congress, a poll released Wednesday found. More than two-thirds, or 68%, of Americans support the $1.9 trillion package, the Quinnipiac University survey showed. Only 24% of respondents oppose the measure. The $1,400 direct […] Read more
President Joe Biden said Monday that it could take weeks for Congress to finish talks around a coronavirus relief deal and for Democrats to decide whether they should forge ahead with an aid bill without GOP support. “I don’t expect we know we’ll have an agreement … until we get right to the very end of this […] Read more
President-elect Joe Biden faces a range of pitfalls in trying to push his coronavirus relief plan through Congress. The Democrat will unveil his aid proposal Thursday and make his case for it in a prime-time speech, scheduled for 7:15 p.m. ET. He is expected to push for more direct cash to Americans, an extension of supplemental unemployment insurance, […] Read more
Congress confirmed the election of Joe Biden as president early Thursday, a day after a mob invaded the U.S. Capitol in a chaotic effort to avoid having President Donald Trump be formally recognized as the loser in the race. The affirmation came after the House and Senate overwhelmingly rejected efforts by some Republicans to object to the acceptance of […] Read more
Major U.S. business leaders on Monday urged that Congress this week certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump, who has refused to recognize his loss in the 2020 election. Business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Partnership for New York City separately issued […] Read more
The House Oversight Committee will have an emergency hearing on Aug. 24 to address mail delivery delays and fears that the Trump administration is interfering with the U.S. Postal Service in order to impact voting in the November presidential election. House Democrats on Sunday called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Postal Service board of governors Chairman […] Read more
