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Senate Democrats want to pass a $500 billion package that would include major reforms to health care, climate change, and taxes, according to a report. NBC News reported that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who was primarily responsible for tanking the Build Back Better Act, continues to hold talks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on a reconciliation package that would spend $500 billion and raise $1 trillion in revenue. The package would primarily focus on health care, energy, and taxes. One source told NBC News that the “ceiling” for climate change funding would be capped at $300 billion, making it a significant fixture of the package. Another provision that would allow Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs would be expected to save money. This would allow for Senate Democrats to potentially include extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies in the bill, which would cost $220 billion if the subsidies were extended permanently, according to the … [Read more...] about Senate Democrats Pushing $500 Billion Climate, Obamacare Package

A newly filed financial disclosure shows Democratic Arkansas Senate candidate Natalie James has between $50,001 and $100,000 in student loan debt. James has claimed she would “start” an “executive order to stop student loan interest” and cancel at least $20,000 of debt for borrowers if elected. “The fact that she would personally benefit from such a proposal totally smacks of self-enrichment,” Republican Arkansas state Rep. David Ray told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “She basically wants to conscript hardworking taxpayers and use their labor to pay off her own loans. What a sham.” The Democratic candidate running for U.S. Senate in Arkansas is running on a platform that includes wiping away student loan debt, but a financial disclosure reviewed by The Daily Caller News Foundation shows the candidate herself has tens of thousands of dollars in outstanding student loan debt. Natalie James, a realtor who will face off against Republican Arkansas Sen. John Boozman in … [Read more...] about Democrat Senate Candidate With Massive College Debt Supports Waiving Away Student Loans

UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect a comment by RNC National Spokesperson Paris Dennard. A spokesman for the Republican National Committee (RNC) said the party could cut into one of the most reliable Democratic voting blocs during a Wednesday Fox News appearance. “[Black voters] see this is a difference in leadership, especially coming from Republican governors,” Paris Dennard told “Fox and Friends First” co-host Todd Piro, citing liberal efforts to defund police, opposition to school choice, inflation and high gas prices that lead black voters to consider voting for Republicans. (RELATED: Whoops! Democrats Are Slipping With Their Most Important Demographic) “The Biden economic agenda being pushed by Democrats is not helping the Black community,” Dennard told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “Black unemployment went up in the last jobs report, inflation and high gas prices and an increase in crime, have a disproportionately negative impact on Black voters and … [Read more...] about ‘A Difference In Leadership’: Democrats Are Losing Support Among Minority Voters

The radical left this week has grown impatient with President Joe Biden, criticizing him for his moderate and timid leadership. Radical Democrats have aired grievances that Biden “isn’t acting with — or perhaps is even capable of — the urgency the moment demands” to reshape the nation. “Rudderless, aimless and hopeless,” one member of Congress described the White House to CNN. Camille Rivera, a Democrat strategist, told Politico Biden is missing an opportunity to change America. “He’s missing the boat here. This is our time to dig in and be absolutely furious because these one-half measures are not working. He’s got a real excitability problem,” Rivera said. Though it is unclear what Democrats believe Biden can do without action from the Democrat-controlled Congress, another Democrat consultant, Adam Jentleson, told the Washington Post that Biden is not filling the leadership vacuum. “There is a leadership vacuum right now, and he’s not filling it,” Jentleson … [Read more...] about ‘Rudderless, Aimless & Hopeless’: Radical Left Grows Impatient with Biden

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The two front-runners in Wisconsin's Republican primary race for governor went after one another Wednesday over gas prices, marking a more negative shift in the race less than five weeks before the Aug. 9 primary. Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch attacked rival Tim Michels by name for the first time in a television ad running statewide where she bemoans high gas prices as she fills up her minivan. Kleefisch has been criticizing Michels for in recent interviews and appearances, but the ad was the first of its kind from either of the top two candidates. A Marquette University Law School poll two weeks ago showed Kleefisch and Michels at the front of the GOP race. Kevin Nicholson dropped out of the race on Tuesday and another candidate, state Rep. Timothy Ramthun, trails with support in the single digits. Kleefisch, in her ad, first dings President Joe Biden and … [Read more...] about Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial primary heats up over gas

Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) is joining Democrats, as well as the big business lobby , in asking President Joe Biden for more legal immigration to the United States to fill American jobs. Even as the nation’s foreign-born population has hit record highs, Thune says the Biden administration is not importing enough H-2B foreign visa workers to fill blue-collar seasonal jobs in the U.S. Sinclair Broadcast Group reports : Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., said he’s constantly hearing complaints from employers in his state who can’t find workers. He said he’d welcome more legal immigration . [Emphasis added] “I think there’s H-2Bs, for example, this time of the year. We need lots of them in South Dakota and we can never get enough from the administration,” Thune said. [Emphasis added] H-2Bs are visas that allow American employers to bring foreign nationals into the country for temporary nonagricultural jobs. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., said his state … [Read more...] about GOP Sen. Thune Asks Biden for More Foreign Workers to Fill U.S. Jobs