Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has agreed to support the most ambitious climate bill in U.S. history, negotiated by a small group of Democrats mostly in secret, after provisions were added to benefit his home state. President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again on Saturday, but has not reported any symptoms.
While some climate activists and lawmakers believe that President Biden could use this war to promote his climate policy, President Biden has yet to talk about it overtly.
Democrats in Congress are struggling to deliver on their promises as the pandemic and the rapid spread of the variant continue to be major setbacks to their legislative goals, including redistricting and infrastructure bills. Despite their challenges, all 50 senators who caucus with Democrats have held together this year to pass one point nine trillion dollars worth of pandemic relief in March.
Vice President Kamala Harris is leading the charge in protecting reproductive rights amidst new threats while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plan to raise the debt ceiling comes with major cuts to important programs. Meanwhile, a new report states that 67 million children worldwide did not receive their usual vaccines due to the COVID pandemic.
The speaker criticizes the government's handling of the COVID-19 restrictions, stating that they could have opened up the country much earlier and taken credit for it. He also mentions the possibility of the government either rejecting or embracing domestic terrorists and insurrectionaries.
The economy is now separated from politics and people don't perceive Trump as being necessarily good or bad for it. The stock market didn't react much to the news of Trump's COVID-19 treatment.