Infrastructure vote still on despite reconciliation stalemate

Infrastructure vote still on despite reconciliation stalemate-rollcall:  Speaker Nancy Pelosi said late Wednesday that the House will move ahead with a Thursday vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, despite massive uncertainty that Democrats can pass it.

Debt ceiling bill stalls again in Senate as pressure grows

Debt ceiling bill stalls again in Senate as pressure grows-rollcall: Senate Democrats on Tuesday began preparing to pass a stopgap funding measure to keep the government running separately from a debt limit suspension, after Republicans blocked the latter for the second time in as many days.

Bass officially launches Los Angeles mayoral run

Bass officially launches Los Angeles mayoral run-politico:  Rep. Karen Bass formally launched her campaign for mayor of Los Angeles on Monday in a move that will reshape the contest to lead America's second-largest city.

House votes on infrastructure, reconciliation hang in the balance

House votes on infrastructure, reconciliation hang in the balance-rollcall:  House leaders said Friday they'll try to pass both major pieces of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda in their chamber this week in a high-stakes test of Democratic Party unity and resolve. But they aren't making firm promises on timing.

Many lingering questions despite ‘framework’ for reconciliation offsets

Many lingering questions despite ‘framework’ for reconciliation offsets-rollcall: Top Democratic leaders and tax writers have narrowed a “menu of options” on how to pay for their multitrillion-dollar budget reconciliation package that takes a controversial inheritance tax proposal off the table but leaves many others with shaky support.

Dems seek to ‘avoid a shutdown, at all costs’ as GOP picks debt fight

Dems seek to ‘avoid a shutdown, at all costs’ as GOP picks debt fight-politico: Democrats want to bludgeon the GOP over its debt ceiling intransigence as much as they can — though not necessarily hard enough to shut the government down next week.

US to purchase 500M more vaccine doses for world

US to purchase 500M more vaccine doses for world-thehill:  President Biden will announce that the United States is purchasing an additional 500 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to donate to the world, as he seeks to boost the global vaccination effort.