Democrats in Washington are vowing to press ahead with a possible vote this week on President Joe Biden’s scaled-down Build Back Better package, now carrying a $1.75 trillion price tag. It comes after West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said Monday it’s time to vote on the infrastructure bill instead, which was seen as a signal that the key moderate is wavering on the larger package. One person who has been speaking regularly with Manchin is New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who joined us to talk about the White House’s priority bill and more.
Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy will retire at the end of his eighth term. WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley was at the...
A WAMC Fund Drive update as we work toward the $1 million goal.
The states of emergency and lawsuits that several New York counties put in place to stop New York City from bussing an overflow of...