Democrats are trying to clear the deck as they prepare to try to pass President Biden
Joe BidenPublicist 'not associated' with Kanye West at time of election incident: spokesperson Trump teases 2024 run during Orlando event with O'Reilly Facebook exec says 'people,' not platform, to blame for vaccine misinformation MORE’s climate and social spending plan by the end of the year.
Democrats started December with four major items on their to-do list: Fund the government, raise the debt ceiling, pass a sweeping defense bill and pass Biden’s Build Back Better legislation. By the end of the week, the spending bill is expected to be the only item incomplete.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer
Chuck SchumerTrump struggles to clear GOP field in North Carolina Senate race Coalition urges Senate to publish bills, amendments online while still under consideration Some good news in the battle to rebalance the courts MORE (D-N.Y.) is vowing to take up the bill, which passed the House last month, by Christmas.
“Democrats have made very good progress on some of our largest priorities for the month …Soon we will be able to turn to another crucial item on our December to-do list: passing Build Back Better in time for Christmas. We remain on schedule to bring this bill to the floor of the Senate before December 25,” Schumer said on the Senate floor late last week.
Finishing the bill this year would be a huge win for Democrats and let them avoid the potential that the legislation gets bogged down or scaled back if it goes into 2022. Democrats are also under pressure to act quickly because the beefed up child tax credit is set to expire at the end of the year.
But Democrats are facing several roadblocks.
They don’t yet have the 50 votes needed to start debate on the spending bill. They need total unity again from the caucus, plus Vice President Harris in the chair, to pass the bill.
Neither Sens. Joe Manchin
Joe ManchinAmid multiple crises, Biden runs to NBC's safe space with Jimmy Fallon Graham says Democrats must 'quit lying' about Build Back Better, calls for House to revote Child tax credit expiration adds pressure for Democrats MORE (D-W.Va.) or Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten SinemaMatt Taibbi: Mainstream media 'in sync' with Democratic Party Manchin faces pressure from Gillibrand, other colleagues on paid family leave Sinema meets with students on voting rights amid stalemate MORE (D-Ariz.) have said if they support the bill. Biden is expected to meet with Manchin this week as soon as Monday.
In addition to policy details, Manchin has raised concerns about the size of the legislation and questioned its potential impact on inflation, which is at a near-40 year high.
Republicans are hoping the new inflation data, which was released Friday, and a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report requested by Republicans on the cost of the spending bill if all of its provisions were made permanent could help sway Manchin into pausing or sinking the spending bill.
"What I think will happen is that Joe will take these numbers and he will start making decisions about what comes next, and my hope is that Sen. Manchin will say, 'Stop, shelve Build Back Better until we find better answers to where inflation is headed,'" Sen. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamPolitics, media worlds react to Wallace news Sunday shows - Spotlight shifts to deadly storms Graham says Democrats must 'quit lying' about Build Back Better, calls for House to revote MORE (R-S.C.) told reporters.
Beyond trying to lock down support within their own conference, Democrats also need to wrap up formal talks with the Senate parliamentarian, who offers unofficial guidance on if a policy complies with the budget rules that govern what can be included in the spending bill.
“We anticipate that the bipartisan Byrd Bath—where both sides get together and make their case to the Parliamentarian and argue back and forth—we expect those to start next week. I want to thank the Parliamentarian’s office—and all of our Committee staff—for working so hard this week to bring us to this point,” Schumer said.
Meadows contempt vote
As Senate Democrats focus on negotiations over the spending bill, House Democrats will vote this week on a resolution to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows
Mark MeadowsJan. 6 panel details case for holding Meadows in contempt ahead of House vote Appeals court ruling against Trump Jan. 6 case tees up likely Supreme Court test Jan. 6 panel subpoenas aides who met with Trump MORE in contempt for refusing to cooperate with the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The committee investigating the Capitol attack released a 51-page document on Sunday laying out its efforts to obtain documents and testimony from Meadows, and notes repeated warnings from its chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson
Bennie Gordon ThompsonJan. 6 panel details case for holding Meadows in contempt ahead of House vote Jan. 6 commission postpones Jason Miller deposition after he engages with committee Appeals court rejects Trump effort to deny records to Jan. 6 panel MORE (D-Miss), of the consequences if he refused to cooperate.
The House committee told an attorney for Meadows that it was moving forward with contempt charges against the former chief of staff due to his not appearing before a second scheduled deposition last week.
"The Select Committee is left with no choice but to advance contempt proceedings and recommend that the body in which Mr. Meadows once served refer him for criminal prosecution," Thompson wrote in a letter to George Terwilliger III, Meadows' attorney.
Meadows filed a civil complaint against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the committee last week, arguing the select committee does not have the authority to issue the subpoenas directed at him or obtain his phone records from a third party and that President Biden's refusal to assert executive privilege opens constitutional questions that should be decided through legal action.
Debt ceiling
Democrats are expected to vote to formally raise the debt ceiling this week after paving the way for a one-time exemption to the filibuster.
Democrats have said they will vote to raise the debt ceiling by Dec. 15, when Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
Janet Louise YellenTreasury sanctions Liberia's ex-warlord, current senator Prince Johnson On The Money — Senate risks Trump's ire with debt ceiling deal Senate passes bill to avoid filibuster on debt ceiling hike MORE has said that they must act in order to keep the government solvent.
Democrats haven’t yet said how much of a debt ceiling increase they will pass. As part of the deal struck by congressional leaders, Democrats will need to raise the debt ceiling to a specific number rather than raising it to a particular date.
Islamophobia bill
House Democrats are scheduled to vote Tuesday on legislation creating a special State Department office charged with identifying and confronting anti-Muslim violence around the globe, including any state-sponsored campaigns deemed to fit that category.
The vote on the bill comes as House progressives are pushing Pelosi to discipline Rep. Lauren Boebert
Lauren BoebertKate McKinnon reprises Fauci role on 'Saturday Night Live' with holiday pandemic tips Omar allies dig in on calls for Boebert punishment The clear and present danger of Jim Jordan & Co. MORE (R-Colo.) for her incendiary comments targeting a Muslim colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar
Ilhan OmarOmar allies dig in on calls for Boebert punishment The clear and present danger of Jim Jordan & Co. House to vote next week on Islamophobia bill, holding Meadows in contempt MORE (D-Minn.), arguing that the response thus far from Democratic leaders — a vote on the State Department bill— lets her off the hook too easily.
Defense bill
The Senate is poised to pass a sweeping defense policy bill this week, capping off a weeks-long stalemate over the legislation on the floor.
The Senate vote comes after House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders came up with a compromise bill last week that sets 768.2 billion top line for bill, including $740 billion for the Department of Defense, $27.8 billion for national security programs within the Department of Energy and $378 million for defense-related activities.
The House then passed the bill last week. The Senate is expected to vote to get the bill over an initial procedural huddle, where it will need 60 votes, on Tuesday.
The Senate action comes after the bill was stuck in a stalemate for weeks because of a fight over amendment votes.
Senate leadership has tried to set up a deal on 18 amendment votes before the Thanksgiving break but that was blocked by several Republicans.
GOP senators also subsequently blocked the bill from overcoming a procedural hurdle to start winding down debate late last month.
And a package of roughly 25 amendments was blocked by Sen. Marco Rubio
Marco Antonio RubioDefense bill creates new office to study UFOs Lawmakers mull way forward on cyber after it's cut from defense bill Manchin quietly discusses Senate rules changes with Republicans MORE (R-Fla.) earlier this month as he pushed to get his legislation to ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region, where administration officials have accused the government of carrying out genocide against Uyghur Muslims, either included in the defense bill or brought up for a vote in the House.
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