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ver, "first he will have to overcome resistance from some on the left and questions about whether he is accruing too many plum posts in the caucus." Durbin "is popular in the caucus and may already have the job locked down because of his seniority," but "some prominent progressives are pushing" for Sen

ricature as `globalist." According to Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/24/biden- cabinet-picks-progressives-440463> (11/24, Otterbein, Barron-Lopez, 4.29M), "Progressives don't love Joe Biden's first round of Cabinet picks. But they can live with them." In his Washington Post <https://www.washi

is standing in the way. ... We will move forward and decide on the organizing resolution where Democrats make the decisions, not Mitch McConnell." Durbin: McConnell's Demand For Filibuster Protection A "Non-Starter." Politico (1/24, Hooper, 6.73M) reports Senate Majority Whip Durbin on Sunday said McC

rts news to Cubans, also resigned, USAGM confirmed." Senators Express Concern About Biden Relief Plan's Stimulus Payments. In what Politico (1/24, Barron-Lopez, Everett, 6.73M) describes as "an opening setback in the new administration's complex pandemic negotiations with Congress," in a call with White Hou

er, "first he will have to overcome resistance from some on the left and questions about whether he is accruing too many plum posts in the caucus." Durbin "is popular in the caucus and may already have the job locked down because of his seniority," but "some prominent progressives are pushing" for Sen

ticist with precisely the sort of pedigreed background that right-wing populists caricature as `globalist." According to Politico (11/24, Otterbein, Barron-Lopez, 4.29M), "Progressives don't love Joe Biden's first round of Cabinet picks. But they can live with them." In his Washington Post (11/24, 14.2M) col

e Chair Ron Wyden of Oregon, aim to tie the aid to economic conditions so relief does not lapse too early." Signatories include Senate Majority Whip Durbin, Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown, and Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders. Former Top Pence Aide Leads Campaign Against Biden's Proposed Tax Hike

House briefed lawmakers Tuesday on a roughly $2 trillion plan that calls for increasing taxes on companies. Politico (3/30, Snyder, Ferris, Colman, Barron-Lopez, 6.73M) cites "several sources" who were on the call with lawmakers who said "the plan would encompass not just highways and transit[,] but water s