New stopgap funding bill likely to extend into early 2022

New stopgap funding bill likely to extend into early 2022-rollcall:  Democrats and Republicans haggled over details of a stopgap spending bill that appears likely to run into late January at a minimum, with Republicans still trying to extend the duration into February or March.

Biden makes it official: Young gets OMB director nod

Biden makes it official: Young gets OMB director nod-rollcall: President Joe Biden said Shalanda D. Young would be his nominee for White House budget director, solidifying a role she's been filling in an acting capacity for months.

House kicks budget reconciliation bill vote to Friday as GOP leader keeps talking

House kicks budget reconciliation bill vote to Friday as GOP leader keeps talking-rollcall: The House delayed a planned vote on Democrats' roughly $2.2 trillion package of spending and tax breaks Thursday night when the Republican leader delivered an hours-long speech in opposition that ran into Friday.

GOP senators appalled by 'ridiculous' House infighting

GOP senators appalled by 'ridiculous' House infighting-thehill:  Republican senators are expressing shock and disbelief that conservative allies of Trump in the House threatened to strip colleagues who voted for the $1 trillion infrastructure bill of their committee assignments.

Democrats’ ‘SALT’ headache hangs over budget reconciliation bill

Democrats’ ‘SALT’ headache hangs over budget reconciliation bill-rollcall: Democrats set out to pay for their clean energy and social spending package with tax increases on the wealthy, but a parochial desire among lawmakers from high-tax states to provide relief from a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions has undermined that goal.

In implementing infrastructure law, Biden turns to two former mayors for help

In implementing infrastructure law, Biden turns to two former mayors for help-rollcall:  With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden on Monday put a bow on the infrastructure bill that is one of his key domestic priorities, and he asked two former mayors to help make it real.

Biden nominates Califf as FDA chief

Biden nominates Califf as FDA chief-politico:  President Joe Biden on Friday nominated former Commissioner Robert Califf to lead the Food and Drug Administration, in a move that would bring the Obama-era official back for a second tour atop the agency.

Analysis: Budget bill would mostly raise taxes on top 1 percent

Analysis: Budget bill would mostly raise taxes on top one percent-rollcall:  Democrats’ roughly $2 trillion tax and spending package would spell a tax cut for most households not in the top one percent of earners in 2022, an analysis from the Tax Policy Center found.

Biden’s challenge: Getting infrastructure up and running

Biden’s challenge: Getting infrastructure up and running-rollcall:  House passage of a long-awaited bipartisan infrastructure bill has set in motion an urgent effort to demonstrate progress on one of President Joe Biden’s signature domestic priorities in time for the 2022 midterm elections.

The Senate’s year-end to-do list is ‘going to be a train wreck’

The Senate’s year-end to-do list is ‘going to be a train wreck’-politico:  As Mark Warner considers the Senate work left undone as the holiday season dawns, he’s weighing a couple of potentially ugly scenarios.

Surgeon general defends embattled vaccine mandate

Surgeon general defends embattled vaccine mandate-politico:  Surgeon General Vivek Murthy defended the Biden administration’s workplace rules on vaccine mandates after a federal court blocked a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy.

House sends infrastructure bill to Biden without budget vote

House sends infrastructure bill to Biden without budget vote-rollcall:  Buoyed, finally, by forward movement on a larger package of President Joe Biden’s domestic priorities, the House late Friday cleared a Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill that pours billions of dollars into roads, bridges, water systems, transit and broadband.

Pelosi revs House Dem engines after season in the ditch

Pelosi revs House Dem engines after season in the ditch-politico:  Democrats got a taste this week of how brutal their midterms could be. Now Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team are trying to turn things around before it’s too late.

Tax changes keep coming as Democrats seek budget bill votes

Tax changes keep coming as Democrats seek budget bill votes-rollcall:  House Democrats’ latest version of their nearly $2 trillion budget reconciliation bill would add slimmed-down paid leave benefits and other programs dropped from the previous iteration, while trimming the duration of some clean energy incentives and cutting higher-income earners off from tax breaks for buying electric vehicles.

Dems vow to plow forward on Biden agenda, even after election faceplants

Dems vow to plow forward on Biden agenda, even after election faceplants-politico:  Joe Biden suffered his first major political lashing as president Tuesday.  But even as Democrats were processing a battering in the Virginia governor’s race and the uncomfortably close gubernatorial election in New Jersey, the White House and officials across the party pledged to forge ahead with the twin pillars of the president’s domestic agenda. Several made the case that Tuesday’s results only added to the pressure for them to do so.

Census may have missed more than 1 million, report suggests

Census may have missed more than 1 million, report suggests-rollcall:  The 2020 census may have missed more than 1.5 million people, enough to cost New York the congressional seat that went to Minnesota, according to a report released Tuesday.

What Utah Republican John Curtis is bringing to the U.N. climate summit

What Utah Republican John Curtis is bringing to the U.N. climate summit-politico:  Rep. John Curtis on Sunday declared that “Republicans do care” about the climate crisis, and the notion that they don’t is simply a “branding problem.”