Senate Democrats and Republicans each want to flash election-year signals that they’re helping families struggling with rising costs and the pandemic.
Vice President Kamala Harris meets in Munich, Germany, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the standoff with Russia continues.
Schumer acknowledged that Democrats are “not going to agree on everything” they want to pursue. Notably, he said Democrats have yet to unite behind a proposal to suspend the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gasoline tax through this year. That proposal’s sponsors include Democrats’ four most endangered incumbents facing reelection: Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada.
The insulin proposal has been part of the party’s stalled package of environment and social safety net spending. That measure has gotten little traction with a public confused about its potential benefits to their lives. Democrats have spent less time lately talking publicly about it, though closed-door bargaining continues.
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