Build Back Better

President Joe Biden delivered a speech Wednesday on the eve of the one-year anniversary of his presidency.

The cost of daycare for a family with two children can exceed a mortgage payment and many parents can’t keep up with the cost. Now, officials want the federal government to step in. It’s part of the Build Back Better bill. The bill, which is stuck in negotiations in Congress, would guarantee parents would not spend more than seven...

Gov. Ned Lamont Monday said money from the yet-to-be passed Build Back Better bill could help struggling families cover the costs of childcare.

President Joe Biden, along with progressive and moderate Democrats, appears determined to return to the negotiating table with Sen. Joe Manchin

The hunger to pass the bill is palpable, as it is a rare glimmer of political hope for Democrats heading into the 2022 midterm elections.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he can’t back a $2 trillion social safety net bill, and his opposition seemingly deals a fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s signature legislation.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said he was “disappointed” and that the party is “considering what options remain.”

Nora Duncan, state director of the CT AARP, weighs in on how the bill will help Medicare recipients, and what they would like to see in the final version.

Rosa DeLauro (D- 3rd District) is answering questions about the Build Back Better Act that passed the House Friday morning. She pushed to extend the Child Tax Credit and says families are already seeing the benefits.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Build Back Better plan on Friday, sending the bill to the Senate.

A sharply divided House has approved the Democrats’ sweeping social and environment bill, a big victory for President Joe Biden

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. on Thursday discussed the Democrats’ $1.85 trillion social and environment measure.

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke for hours Thursday night and into Friday morning criticizing the legislation, Biden and Democrats.

The budget of the IRS could be going higher if the Build Back Better plan becomes law.

Democrats’ $1.85 trillion package of social and climate initiatives seems afflicted by a maddening parade of hurdles

In Washington, a U.S. House vote is expected on President Biden’s proposed Build Back Better Act. Included in the legislature is $5 billion to help fight gun violence. Before the weekend started, both of Connecticut’s senators sat down for a community round table in New Haven to discuss community outreach and how additional financial resources might help make an...

Increasing home and community based services for older and disabled people is part of the current framework of Biden’s Build Back Better bill, which seeks to expand the nation’s social safety net.

House Democrats have added paid family and medical leave, immigration law changes and a state-and-local tax break to President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion social services and environmental bill

Free prekindergarten for all youngsters, expanded health care and climate change programs are among the list of priorities still in the scaled-down plan

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., addressed the media Thursday after President Joe Biden gave a speech outlining what was in the infrastructure bill.