The Republicans’ offer may well be a gambit designed to get skin in the game. If the past offers any indication, however, the process will get drawn out and urgency will be lost if Biden decides to try to do a deal with them.
Tag: Fiscal Responsibility
Incoming Biden-Harris team signals it will avoid repeating many of Obama’s missteps
At this incredibly fraught and perilous moment in American history, we don’t just need steady, compassionate governance — we need savvy, capable leadership with a respect and appreciation for history and a willingness to learn from it.
NPI again urges Washington State Legislature to embrace equity with a capital gains tax
Voters in Washington State have told the Northwest Progressive Institute they support a capital gains tax on the wealthy for six years running. It’s time to act.
U.S. House overrides Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act
“With this overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the House has upheld our sacred Constitutional responsibility to keep our country and our people safe,” said Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Year-end pandemic relief bill clears both houses of Congress with bipartisan support
With just a few days to go before 2020 ends, the House and Senate have given approval to a $2.3 trillion combined pandemic relief package and omnibus appropriations bill.
U.S. Senate unanimously adopts gargantuan $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package
The legislation now goes to the United States House of Representatives for further consideration. It is backed by Donald Trump.
Elizabeth Warren proposes conditions for bailouts of big firms due to COVID-19 impacts
The senior United States Senator from Massachusetts says it would be irresponsible to offer federal aid with no conditions, as Congress unwisely did twelve years ago.
2020 Washington State Legislature adjourns Sine Die after upping COVID-19 response
Lawmakers are heading home from Olympia after concluding a sixty day, even-numbered year regular session.
Senator Elizabeth Warren takes on critics, releases plan to finance Medicare For All
The Massachusetts Senator’s plan foresees over $20 trillion in public investment over a decade, and would substantially reduce costs for ordinary Americans.
Washington State Legislature adjourns Sine Die; Jay Inslee says session a huge success
The 2019 Washington State legislative session has adjourned Sine Die. Read NPI’s recap of the session.
Senate Democrats unveil their own capital gains tax plan, but it doesn’t fund our schools
Levying a capital gains tax on the wealthy is a very good idea, but the Senate Democrats’ plan sadly does not dedicate the money to our schools.
Good news: House Democrats introduce bill to create progressive tax reform task force
The legislation would create a task force to set Washington on a pathway to developing a credible plan to overhaul our unfair, broken tax code.
U.S. Senate votes to keep the federal government funded through September 2019
The legislation would avert another Trump shutdown just three weeks after Congress temporarily voted to reopen the government without funding Trump’s wall.
Trump caves to Democrats, says he’ll sign bill to temporarily reopen the federal government
Donald Trump has agreed to temporarily reopen the federal government without money for the construction a wall on the border with Mexico.