Jonathan Weisman
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Flush With Federal Money, Strings Attached, a Deep South Factory Votes to Unionize
Friday’s victory by the United Steelworkers at a factory building electric school buses was a test for Democratic hopes that clean-energy funding from Washington could...
As Federal Cash Flows to Unions, Democrats Hope to Reap the Rewards
In places like West Virginia, money from three major laws passed by Congress is pouring into the alternative energy industry and other projects. “I think...
Why Paid Family Leave’s Demise This Time Could Fuel It Later
In failing to secure a benefit with bipartisan appeal, President Biden joins a long line of frustrated politicians. But some Republicans say it could be...
How Democrats Would Tax Billionaires to Pay for Their Agenda
The plan stakes out new territory by putting levies on unrealized gains in the value of billionaires’ liquid assets, such as stocks, bonds and cash.
Democrats' Campaign to Control Drug Prices Nears Collapse
Democrats have made giving government the power to negotiate drug prices a central campaign theme for decades. With the power to make it happen, they...
As G.O.P. Digs In on Debt Ceiling, Democrats Try Shaming McConnell
Senator Mitch McConnell says Republicans will not support raising the federal borrowing limit. Weeks before a potential default, Democrats do not appear to have a...
In Social Policy Bill, Businesses See a Lot to Like. They Oppose It.
Resistance to tax increases outweighs the appeal of a $3.5 trillion measure containing child care credits and other items that corporations embrace.
From Cradle to Grave, Democrats Move to Expand Social Safety Net
The $3.5 trillion social policy bill that lawmakers begin drafting this week would touch virtually every American, at every point in life, from conception to...