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.
We speak with the outgoing New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner, Basil Seggos.
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont delivered his State of the State address Wednesday to a joint session of the General Assembly as the new legislative...
We speak with Western New England University political science professor Tim Vercellotti.