Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Friday she is leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent. Summary Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Friday she is leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent. Sinema does not plan to join the Republican Conference, guaranteeing Democrats will retain control of the Senate. The first-term senator explained her thinking in an op-ed published in the Arizona Republic. Sinema declared she was âdeclaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washingtonâ …
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President Joe Biden held a rare press conference as the Senate rejected his âvoting rightsâ bill and filibuster changes. Summary President Joe Biden held a rare two-hour press conference Wednesday to mark his one-year anniversary as …
President Biden has been unable to get Sen. Joe Manchin on board for Build Back Better. Manchinâs colleague Raphael Warnock framed his support for the filibuster as âmisplace priorities.â Summary Bidenâs and Democratic leadershipâs hopes of …
Congressional Democrats and President Biden remain at an impasse over their spending agenda. A previously scheduled vote Monday on the âBipartisan Infrastructure Frameworkâ was further delayed. Summary Speaker Nancy Pelosi delayed a vote on part of …