WSJ News Exclusive | Biden Eyes Raskin as Top Fed Banking Regulator
President Biden is considering Sarah Bloom Raskin for a top role at the Federal Reserve as part of a slate...
Upper House
House Approves Increase in Debt Ceiling, Sending Measure to Biden
WASHINGTON—Congress passed a measure raising the government’s borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion, sending to President Biden’s desk legislation that is...
Centrist Senate Democrats Signal Opposition to Biden Banking Nominee
WASHINGTON—A group of Senate Democrats have privately voiced their opposition to President Biden’s nomination of Saule Omarova to become a...
Tax Plan Inflames Democratic Debate in Senate Over Biden’s $2 Trillion Spending Bill
WASHINGTON—House passage of Democrats’ $2 trillion education, healthcare and climate package has inflamed an intraparty debate about whether the bill...
House Passes Roughly $2 Trillion Social Spending and Climate Bill
WASHINGTON—The House passed a roughly $2 trillion education, healthcare and climate package on Friday, as Democrats corralled their slim majority...
Electric-Vehicle Spat Looms Over Biden’s Meeting With Canadian, Mexican Leaders
President Biden’s summit with counterparts from Canada and Mexico at the White House brings him face-to-face with visitors who have...
Fed’s Randal Quarles to Resign at End of Year
Federal Reserve governor Randal Quarles said Monday he would resign his position around the end of this year, giving President...
Democrats Drop Paid Leave From $1.75 Trillion Proposal
WASHINGTON—Democrats abandoned plans to include a paid-leave program in their healthcare, education and climate-change bill, according to people familiar with...
Corporate Minimum Tax Resurfaces as Democrats Hunt for Money
WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats announced a 15% minimum tax on large companies’ income on Tuesday, winning support from a key moderate lawmaker,...
Tax Proposals Hit Headwinds as Democrats Try to Finalize Social Spending Deal
WASHINGTON—An 11th-hour push by Democrats to fund their social-spending and climate bill faltered, with a proposed tax on billionaires’ unrealized...
House Approves Extension of Debt Ceiling Into December
WASHINGTON—The House on Tuesday voted along party lines to raise the U.S. borrowing limit into December, as Democratic lawmakers wrestled...
House Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint, Sets Deadline for Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON—The House narrowly passed a measure approving a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint and locking in a late September vote on...
WSJ News Exclusive | Biden to Nominate María Pagán as U.S. Envoy to World Trade Organization
WASHINGTON—President Biden is expected to nominate María Luisa Pagán, a longtime government trade negotiator, as a deputy U.S. trade representative...
Cable, Internet Companies Stand to Gain From Broadband Funding in Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON—The $1 trillion infrastructure bill moving through the Senate this week stands to be a windfall for cable and fiber-optic...
Progressives Raise Heat on Nancy Pelosi Over Eviction Moratorium
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) is facing an uprising from the progressive wing of the Democratic caucus, which is...
