Democrats are Getting Closer to a Social Spending Bill

 

We ran the numbers: There are 2607 news articles covering this topic. 55% (1432) are left leaning, 31% (808) are center, and 14% (367) are right leaning.

Senate Republicans blocked a vote to advance Democrats’ latest voting rights and election reform legislation. While left-leaning articles highlight that there are signs that Democrats are making headway in their effort to create consensus around changing Senate procedural rules, right-leaning articles highlight that Biden lowered the spending bill target to between $1.75 and $1.9 trillion.

A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that there are signs that Democrats are making headway in their effort to create consensus around changing Senate procedural rules. It is a key step that could allow them to muscle transformative legislation through the narrowly divided chamber.

USA Today published a centrist article reporting that the bill, known as the Freedom to Vote Act, is more scaled back than previous pieces of voting rights legislation. The Freedom to Vote Act would create a federal standard for voting by mail and drop boxes.

A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Biden lowered the spending bill target to between $1.75 and $1.9 trillion. Biden detailed a potential deal for the spending proposal during a private meeting on Tuesday.  



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