Lisa Mascaro

Biden pushes for U.S. voting rights law as restrictions mount

June 2, 2021 at 1:10 p.m.

President Joe Biden used the 100th anniversary of Tulsa's race massacre to make a plea for sweeping legislation in Congress to protect the right to vote as Republican-led governments in...

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a crucial ...

GOP blocks bipartisan probe of deadly Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

May 28, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

Senate Republicans on Friday blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, turning aside the independent investigation in a show of party loyalty...

GOP offers $928B on infrastructure, funded with COVID aid

May 27, 2021 at 8:59 a.m.

Republican senators outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal Thursday that would tap unused coronavirus aid, a counteroffer to President Joe Biden鈥檚 more sweeping plan as the two sides struggle to...

GOP set to block 1/6 panel, stoking Senate filibuster fight

May 27, 2021 at 5:56 a.m.

Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering hopes for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault on the U.S....

White House press secretary Jen Psaki ...

GOP senators ready $1T infrastructure counteroffer to Biden

May 25, 2021 at 4:35 p.m.

Senate Republicans revived negotiations Tuesday over President Joe Biden鈥檚 sweeping investment plan, preparing a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal that would be funded with COVID-19 relief money as a counteroffer to...

President Joe Biden takes questions from ...

White House, GOP infrastructure talks hit crucial stage

May 20, 2021 at 9:42 p.m.

Negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans over聽President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion聽infrastructure plan are hitting a crucial stage ahead of talks Friday after the latest GOP offer left some...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of ...

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy opposes Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot commission ahead of vote

May 18, 2021 at 9:54 a.m.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that he won鈥檛 support a proposal to form an independent, bipartisan commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,...

“New strategy”: Politicians in crisis refuse calls to resign

April 9, 2021 at 11:45 a.m.

The mere whiff of a scandal once unraveled political careers with stunning speed. Not anymore.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks about ...

Senate gives Biden a big tool to work around GOP filibuster

April 7, 2021 at 7:43 a.m.

With a powerful new tool, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has fresh options for potentially advancing President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package and other priorities past Republican obstruction in the 50-50...

Biden鈥檚 “jobs Cabinet” to sell infrastructure as GOP resists

April 2, 2021 at 11:20 a.m.

President Joe Biden is setting about convincing America it needs his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, deputizing a five-member “jobs Cabinet” to help in the effort. But the enormity of his...

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