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President Biden is meeting with 17 total members of Congress on Tuesday as Democrats' reconciliation talks drag on.

President Biden is also making calls to many House Democrats Monday and will also go to Scranton Wednesday as he pushes for trillions in social and climate programs.

Progressives lashed out at Sen. Joe Manchin, the moderate Democrat from West Virginia, after Axios reported he wants means testing and work requirements attached to the child tax credit.

American retailers are trying to maintain an optimistic outlook ahead of the pivotal holiday-shopping season but are alarmed about the broader effects of the current labor shortage and pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions.

House Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal hit House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a Tuesday fundraising email.

The House of Representatives is set to raise the debt ceiling on Tuesday, averting an economic crisis. But Democrats still have a lot to do to pass President Biden's agenda,

House Problem Solvers Caucus Chairman Josh Gottheimer says in a Tuesday op-ed for NJ.com that the House of Representatives should pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill quickly to get "shovels in the ground."

The House of Representatives will vote on the Senate-passed temporary debt ceiling increase on Tuesday evening.

The U.S. economy appears to be sliding into another recession based on declining consumer sentiment – even though employment and wage growth suggest otherwise, according to two academic economists.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted the Democrats' proposed spending spree on "Kudlow" Thursday.

Republicans are signaling they could help speed along some of the procedural hurdles included in budget reconciliation if Democrats cave and opt to raise the debt ceiling that way.

President Joe Biden defended his "Build Back Better" spending plan in a Tuesday speech, insisting once again that he is a “capitalist” at heart and that his bill currently tied up in Congress is fully paid for.

Both parties are capable of guaranteeing the U.S. doesn't default – Democrats by moving on to reconciliation and Republicans by voting for Schumer's cloture motion.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a Tuesday interview on CNBC that a debt ceiling increase must happen, and refused to take the budget reconciliation process off the table to do it.

Senate Republicans are promising to filibuster any effort to raise the debt limit, but Democrats are refusing to do it on their own.

House Democrats couldn't muscle through the bipartisan infrastructure bill Thursday

The Colorado Republican told FOX Business that the idea that Congress cannot "find places to cut the budget is absurd" and warned that the "burden" the national legislature would be "placing on future generations with the debt we’re creating now is enormous."

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Vice President Marc Goldwein says Democrats' reconciliation bill could really cost more than $5 trillion.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Monday night said that Democrats must pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill before the much larger reconciliation bill.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill by Thursday, but as of Monday it does not have the votes to pass.