×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×to address the during the coronavirus pandemic advanced in the on a bipartisan vote on Wednesday — but its future remains murky, given tepid support from ., by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), would expedite a federal review of coronavirus-related hate crimes, expand public reporting of such incidents, and provide guidance detailing best practices to “mitigate racially discriminatory language in describing the COVID–19 pandemic.”AdvertisementThe vote to begin debate on the measure was...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×to address the during the coronavirus pandemic advanced in the on a bipartisan vote on Wednesday — but its future remains murky, given tepid support from ., by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), would expedite a federal review of coronavirus-related hate crimes, expand public reporting of such incidents, and provide guidance detailing best practices to “mitigate racially discriminatory language in describing the COVID–19 pandemic.”AdvertisementThe vote to begin debate on the measure was...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the third-highest ranking member of leadership in the House, isn’t done taking aim at Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) over his position on federal legislation to protect voting rights.Clyburn on Friday questioned Manchin’s stated reason for doubling down on bipartisan congressional cooperation, which the pivotal moderate Democrat detailed in an interview with .Advertisement“Jan. 6 changed me,” Manchin , referring to the bloody Capitol riot fueled by Republican lies about the 2020...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the third-highest ranking member of leadership in the House, isn’t done taking aim at Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) over his position on federal legislation to protect voting rights.Clyburn on Friday questioned Manchin’s stated reason for doubling down on bipartisan congressional cooperation, which the pivotal moderate Democrat detailed in an interview with .Advertisement“Jan. 6 changed me,” Manchin , referring to the bloody Capitol riot fueled by Republican lies about the 2020...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Sen. (D-W.Va.) said he wants to see changes to the way President ’s infrastructure plan is financed before supporting it.“If I don’t vote to get on it, it’s not going anywhere,” Manchin told radio host Hoppy Kercheval at West Virginia MetroNews on Monday. “So we’re going to have some leverage here ― it’s more than just me. There are six or seven other who feel very strongly about this.”AdvertisementBiden’s plan proposes spending more than $2 trillion to overhaul the nation’s aging infrastructure, including...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Sen. (D-W.Va.) said he wants to see changes to the way President ’s infrastructure plan is financed before supporting it.“If I don’t vote to get on it, it’s not going anywhere,” Manchin told radio host Hoppy Kercheval at West Virginia MetroNews on Monday. “So we’re going to have some leverage here ― it’s more than just me. There are six or seven other who feel very strongly about this.”AdvertisementBiden’s plan proposes spending more than $2 trillion to overhaul the nation’s aging infrastructure, including...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement“We’ll all do better when we all do well,” Biden said in the speech. “It’s time to build our economy from the bottom up and the middle out. Wall Street didn’t build this country. You, the middle class, built this country. And unions built the middle class.”Advertisement“It’s time to build our economy from the bottom up and the middle out. Wall Street didn’t build this country. You, the middle class, built this country. And unions built the middle class.”- President Joe...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement“We’ll all do better when we all do well,” Biden said in the speech. “It’s time to build our economy from the bottom up and the middle out. Wall Street didn’t build this country. You, the middle class, built this country. And unions built the middle class.”Advertisement“It’s time to build our economy from the bottom up and the middle out. Wall Street didn’t build this country. You, the middle class, built this country. And unions built the middle class.”- President Joe...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Senate are slated to discuss the next steps toward raising the federal minimum wage on Tuesday, according to a Democratic source.The meeting is the party’s first attempt at restarting efforts to hike the minimum wage after a progressive push to include a $15 per hour in the COVID-19 relief bill died earlier this month.AdvertisementSeven Democrats ― Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.); Chris Coons (Del.); Tom Carper (Del.); Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.); Maggie Hassan (N.H.); and Jon Tester (Mont.) ― as...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Senate are slated to discuss the next steps toward raising the federal minimum wage on Tuesday, according to a Democratic source.The meeting is the party’s first attempt at restarting efforts to hike the minimum wage after a progressive push to include a $15 per hour in the COVID-19 relief bill died earlier this month.AdvertisementSeven Democrats ― Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.); Chris Coons (Del.); Tom Carper (Del.); Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.); Maggie Hassan (N.H.); and Jon Tester (Mont.) ― as...WW…

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2021 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.“If we [don’t] stay united, if [one] person says, ‘I’m only going to vote for it if it has this’ ... we lose,” Schumer said Saturday.“But at the same time, we cannot be timid,” he said. “You know, I helped push [President Joe] Biden to have a bigger stimulus package.”“We told him if Portman’s bill passed, it would be dead,” Schumer said. “It took him about three or four hours to realize that and when he...…US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2021 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.“If we [don’t] stay united, if [one] person says, ‘I’m only going to vote for it if it has this’ ... we lose,” Schumer said Saturday.“But at the same time, we cannot be timid,” he said. “You know, I helped push [President Joe] Biden to have a bigger stimulus package.”“We told him if Portman’s bill passed, it would be dead,” Schumer said. “It took him about three or four hours to realize that and when he...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×UPDATE: 8:16 p.m. EST Friday ― reached a deal to extend the enhanced unemployment benefits in the next coronavirus relief bill through Sept. 6 at $300 per week. The proposal would also provide tax relief to those who received benefits last year. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a key holdout, announced his support for the agreement, clearing the way for President ’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill to move forward in the Senate.Advertisement“The President has made it clear we will have enough vaccines for...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×UPDATE: 8:16 p.m. EST Friday ― reached a deal to extend the enhanced unemployment benefits in the next coronavirus relief bill through Sept. 6 at $300 per week. The proposal would also provide tax relief to those who received benefits last year. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a key holdout, announced his support for the agreement, clearing the way for President ’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill to move forward in the Senate.Advertisement“The President has made it clear we will have enough vaccines for...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×are threatening to drag out the passage of President ’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan in the Senate this week, accusing of advancing a partisan bill full of wasteful spending that isn’t related to the health crisis.Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Wednesday said he planned to force a verbal reading of the entire bill — which is expected to be hundreds of pages long — prior to the start of debate in the chamber. The Senate typically does not read bills aloud, though any single member can force an actual...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×are threatening to drag out the passage of President ’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan in the Senate this week, accusing of advancing a partisan bill full of wasteful spending that isn’t related to the health crisis.Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Wednesday said he planned to force a verbal reading of the entire bill — which is expected to be hundreds of pages long — prior to the start of debate in the chamber. The Senate typically does not read bills aloud, though any single member can force an actual...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementA family of four with $100,000 of income would have received $9,500 in rebate checks and tax credits in 2020, but it also stands to receive $22,600 this year from the December bill, plus the additional payments and tax credits in the new bill, according to Marc Goldwein, an economist with the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.AdvertisementA group of centrist Democrats met virtually with Biden on Monday to discuss changes to the bill, including adding guardrails to a $350...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementA family of four with $100,000 of income would have received $9,500 in rebate checks and tax credits in 2020, but it also stands to receive $22,600 this year from the December bill, plus the additional payments and tax credits in the new bill, according to Marc Goldwein, an economist with the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.AdvertisementA group of centrist Democrats met virtually with Biden on Monday to discuss changes to the bill, including adding guardrails to a $350...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Thursday passed a bill to address the and violence during the coronavirus pandemic ― a rare show of bipartisanship on an issue that gained fresh urgency after a series of shootings at Atlanta-area spas last month. , introduced by (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), would expedite a federal review of coronavirus-related hate crimes, expand data collection and public reporting of such incidents, and provide guidance on best practices to mitigate racially discriminatory language in describing the COVID-19...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Thursday passed a bill to address the and violence during the coronavirus pandemic ― a rare show of bipartisanship on an issue that gained fresh urgency after a series of shootings at Atlanta-area spas last month. , introduced by (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), would expedite a federal review of coronavirus-related hate crimes, expand data collection and public reporting of such incidents, and provide guidance on best practices to mitigate racially discriminatory language in describing the COVID-19...WW…