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Gottheimer, Menendez emerge as potential pivotal votes on SALT-free reconciliation bill

July 28, 2022 4:55 pm

With Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) reaching an agreement with Democratic leaders on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – a reworked version of earlier attempts at a major reconciliation bill – attention has now turned to other congressional Democrats who could...

Menendez optimistic on reconciliation negotiations

July 11, 2022 1:01 pm

On a virtual press call today, Senator Bob Menendez expressed optimism that the U.S. Senate would pass major social and climate policy legislation via reconciliation this year, something which President Joe Biden and congressional Democratic leadership were unable to accomplish...

Gottheimer, House progressives join forces to call for climate action via BBB

January 31, 2022 5:07 pmJanuary 31, 2022 5:07 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) joined a cross-ideological coalition of House Democrats today to call for the Senate to pass robust climate protections through the Build Back Better Act (BBB), which has stalled in the upper chamber after passing the House...