Democrats signal limited patience for GOP opposition to Biden infrastructure package
Tony Romm, The Washington Post
Top Senate Democrats on Tuesday signaled they may have no choice but to bypass Republicans in order to advance President Biden’s roughly $2 trillion infrastructure package, as GOP leaders continued to attack the plan over the scope of its spending and the tax increases the White House has proposed to pay for it.
GOP edges back from filibuster cliff on hate crimes bill
Nicholas Wu, Politico
A bipartisan effort is underway to amend Democrats’ anti-hate crime legislation in the Senate as the GOP edges back from its first filibuster opportunity of Joe Biden’s presidency.
House panel to vote on slavery reparations bill for first time, supporters are calling it an important milestone
Marianna Sotomayor, The Washington Post
The debate over whether to pay reparations to the descendants of enslaved people will take a step forward Wednesday when a House committee votes on legislation to create a commission to study the issue, which has been fiercely debated over the past year on the campaign trail and in several communities across the country.
Senate GOP Nearing Decision on Whether to Embrace Earmarks
Erik Wasson, Bloomberg
Senate Republicans are nearing a decision on whether to embrace the return of earmarked spending that could smooth the passage of annual appropriations bills and the transportation portion of President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal.
Pelosi on Jan. 6: ‘They would have had a battle on their hands’ if the mob had caught her
Susan Page and Ledyard King, USA Today
On her 100th day as speaker of the 117th Congress, Nancy Pelosi discussed the dramatic events that opened her tenure, when a mob that stormed the Capitol wanted to kill her.
New details shed light on Gaetz’s Bahamas trip
Marc Caputo and Matt Dixon, Politico
The group took off for their Bahamas weekend getaway on three separate flights.
Gaetz’s glare stings House GOP — but his future’s safe for now
Melanie Zanona and Olivia Beavers, Politico
Matt Gaetz is facing a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations, turmoil inside his congressional office and a flurry of unsavory reports about his conduct toward women. But his position inside the House GOP conference is safe — at least for now.
Sens. Cruz, Hawley, Lee seek to strip Major League Baseball of anti-trust exemption
David K. Li and Sahil Kapur, NBC News
A trio of Republican lawmakers outlined legislation Tuesday aimed at ending Major League Baseball’s anti-trust exemption after the All-Star Game was moved out of Georgia in protest of that state’s new voting restrictions.
New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney hit with congressional ethics complaint over stock sale disclosures
Dave Levinthal, Insider
A nonprofit ethics watchdog has asked Congress’ independent ethics office to investigate Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney for failing to disclose the sale of eight stocks until early April — months past a federally mandated deadline.