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House Democrats are racing this week to pass President BidenJoe BidenBiden restates commitment to 'one China' policy on Taiwan in call with Xi Biden raises human rights with China's Xi during four hour meeting Biden, Xi hold 'candid' discussion amid high tensions MOREs$1.75 trillion social and climate spending package, which would give the party a burst of momentum heading into the Thanksgiving recess.

Debate over the packagehas been filled with drama throughout the summer and fall, with progressive and centrists battling over the measures contents,pushing an embarrassing intraparty fight into the national spotlight.

Those battles will continue in the Senate, which is unlikely to take action on the measurebefore December. Centrist Sens. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinBiden signs trillion infrastructure bill into law The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Trump officials face legal consequences over defying subpoenas The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by ExxonMobil - Will Biden's big bill pass the House this week? MORE (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten SinemaKyrsten SinemaBiden signs trillion infrastructure bill into law The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Trump officials face legal consequences over defying subpoenas Democrats expect to pass .75T Biden package this week MORE(D-Ariz.) whose arguments have helped whittle the once $3.5 trillion package in half have yet to formally back the measure, and more changes are possible.

All the same, Democrats feel they are on the verge of a huge milestone in the House, where passage would be a big victory for the party.

House moderate holdouts have vowed to support the bill when it comes to the floor this week, even as they continue to wait for new numbers from the Congressional Budget Office to see if the package will add to the deficit.

Biden on Monday will sign into law the $1.2 trillioninfrastructure bill, a favorite of the centrists, whichwill make it easier for reluctant moderates to swallow the massive tax-and-spending plan. Many, including Rep. Josh GottheimerJoshua (Josh) GottheimerOn The Money Biden caps off infrastructure week CBO to release Build Back Better score by Friday Democrats expect to pass .75T Biden package this week MORE (D-N.J.), will be at the presidents side for the ceremony.

Despite the possibility of new drama in the Senate,senior Democrats say they are confident Congress can send the package to Bidens desk by the end of the year.

I think we'll get it passed before Christmas, one senior Democrat, Rep. G.K. ButterfieldGeorge (G.K.) Kenneth ButterfieldDemocrats expect to pass .75T Biden package this week North Carolina legislature approves new US House map House GOP campaign arm expands target list after brutal night for Dems MORE (N.C.), former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, told The Hill.

The debate arrives at a fraught moment for Biden and the majority Democrats, who are under fire for a host of disturbing economic trends, including a spike in inflation, a private sector labor shortage and a supply chain bottleneck thats hindered retail markets all while the COVID-19 crisis continues to frustrate federal efforts to keep it in check.

The combination has taken its toll on the president: A recent poll conducted by USA Today and Suffolk University found that just 38 percent of voters approve of Bidens performance.

The Democrats troubles were reflected in state elections across the country earlier in the month, when Republicans outperformed even their rosiest predictions. That was true particularly in Virginia, where GOP businessman Glenn YoungkinGlenn YoungkinInfrastructure updates only get us halfway we need Build Back Better bill, too Kemp makes pitch to conservatives, independents in new campaign ad GOP looks to expand state legislature candidate tracking program ahead of midterms MORE surpassing President TrumpDonald TrumpHouse Freedom Caucus elects Rep. Scott Perry as new chairman Meadows 'between a rock and a hard space' with Trump, Jan. 6 panel On The Money Biden caps off infrastructure week MOREs 2020 numbers in every county upset former Gov. Terry McAuliffeTerry McAuliffeInfrastructure updates only get us halfway we need Build Back Better bill, too Kemp makes pitch to conservatives, independents in new campaign ad Democrats expect to pass .75T Biden package this week MORE (D) in a state Biden had won by 10 points just a year earlier.

McAuliffes defeat sparked a new round of internal calls for Democrats to revamp their messaging tactics heading into a difficult 2022 midterm cycle, when House GOP leaders are predicting they will flip dozens of seats and win back the majority.

Democrats need to reassess their strategy, said progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezMcCarthy says he called Gosar before anime tweet video taken down: report House ethics wars redux? Juan Williams: A guide to combating right-wing lies MORE (D-N.Y.). We need to have legislation that actually, forcefully delivers for working people.

Vulnerable moderate Rep. Abigail SpanbergerAbigail Davis SpanbergerGroup aligned with House GOP leadership targeting nine Democrats on spending vote If voters did give Biden a mandate, it wasn't to pander to progressives Democrats expect to pass .75T Biden package this week MORE (D-Va.) is supportive of several key elements of the Biden package tackling climate change, extending the child tax credit and lowering prescription drug prices but she said Democrats have failed to explain how the legislation will help struggling American families.

People are busy, they have jobs, they have lives, they have worry, they have kids, they have joys. If someone turns on the news and [hears] We really need to make these major investments in human infrastructure, and they say, There they go again. What the heck are those Democrats doing? Spanberger said during an appearance on the New York Times podcast The Daily.

Now, if we're saying, I want to invest in the next generation of America's children, and I want to do it by ensuring every kid goes to pre-K like, that's a different discussion, right?

Part of the Democrats messaging challenge stems from the fact that the Build Back Better bill is still in flux. With inflation recently hitting a 30-year high, Manchin will have fresh leverage to demand cuts to the Houses $1.75 trillion package, which features several provisions hes consistentlyresisted, including paid family leave and a Medicare expansion.

Manchin, a former coal broker who has made millionsof dollars from the industry, has also opposed certain provisions promoting a shift to cleaner energy sources a position thats prompted a backlash from more liberal Democrats pushing an aggressive green energy agenda as part of the massive spending package.

Fueling that debate was this months global climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, where Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiChristie: Trump rhetoric about stolen election led to Jan. 6 attack Biden signs trillion infrastructure bill into law Defiant Bannon warns of 'misdemeanor from hell' for Biden MORE (D-Calif.) led a delegation of environmentally minded Democrats who are returning to Washington with a new zest for going big in the fight against climate change.

Our grandchildren are not going to praise us for doing what was politically possible, Rep. Sean CastenSean CastenDemocrats expect to pass .75T Biden package this week Newman announces she'll challenge fellow Democrat Casten in newly drawn Illinois district Illinois redistricting proposal creates new Hispanic seat, sets up member-vs.-member races MORE (D-Ill.), a participant in the summit, said Friday. They're only going to praise us if we did what was scientifically necessary.

The family leave provision and several others could be stripped out of the House bill once it hits the floor of the Senate, which is prepared to hold a vote-a-rama to see which policies can secure 51 votes and survive.

So, its all but inevitable the Senate will send an altered package back to the House next month, when it will compete for floor time with two huge but separate fiscal fights: one to fund the federal government and stave off a shutdown, the other to prevent a first-ever default on the nations debt, which the Treasury Department has warned would happen after Dec. 3.

I think this bill will make it over the finish line, Spanberger told The New York Times. But she added: Ultimately, this bill may not be identical to what we pass in the House when it does make it over the finish line.

Knowing they will need Manchins support, key Biden officials are gently pushing back on centrists concerns over inflation and the bills price tag. The package will reduce the deficit, according to White House estimates, thanks to a corporate minimum tax, tax hikes on the wealthiest households and cutting the cost of prescription drugs under Medicare. Officials also said the cost of not passing the package will mean that poor and middle-class families will continue to pay more for things like child care, housing and prescription drugs for seniors.

If we don't act on Build Back Better ... we won't be able to cut child care costs. ... We won't be able to make preschool free for many families starting in 2022, saving many families $8,600. We won't be able to get ahead of skyrocketing housing costs ... and we won't be able to save Americans thousands of dollars by negotiating prescription drug prices, White House press secretary Jen PsakiJen PsakiBiden raises human rights with China's Xi during four hour meeting Biden, Xi hold 'candid' discussion amid high tensions White House dismisses talk of Harris-Biden rift MORE said Friday.

So our view is this makes a strong case for moving forward with this agenda, she said.Because what we're really talking about is the cost to American families.

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Little Falls Herald

The Little Falls Herald was a weekly newspaper published every Friday in Little Falls, in Morrison County, Minnesota, beginning in 1889 and ceasing in 1950. Little Falls was also served by the Morrison County Democrat, the Little Falls Weekly Transcript, and the Little Falls Daily Transcript. The Herald covered local news in Little Falls and served as a news source for other nearby towns in the county, such as Fort Ripley, Cushing, Motley, Royalton, and Swanville. The paper also included state, national, and some international news within its eight-page, six-column format.

Located along the Mississippi River in central Minnesota, Little Falls is one of the oldest established settlements in Minnesota. The surrounding area was originally inhabited by the Dakota and Ojibwe tribes and was home to the Ojibwe leader, Bagone-giizhig or Hole-in-the-Day the Younger, who from the 1840s until his death in 1868 was instrumental in fostering a relationship between the tribe and the U.S. government. However, tensions between the Ojibwe and the government continued. In 1904, the Herald began covering the removal of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to the White Earth Indian Reservation. One article in the January 15, 1904 issue reads Chief Dissatisfied Mille Lacs Indian Doesnt Like White Earth Land[Chief Wah-we-ye-comig] said that hes not pleased with the land offered his people, that one acre of Mille Lacs land was worth twenty acres of the White Earth land.

When the Herald began, it was edited and published by J. H. Seal and William H. Workman. In 1895, editing duties were taken over by J. H. Streets, and the paper was published by the Little Falls Printing Co., owned by the brothers Peter, Stephen, and Charles Vasaly. Two years later, the Vasaly family began managing the Herald as well, first with Charles E. Vasaly acting as editor until 1914. Vasaly was very involved in local politics, serving as the chairman of the Democratic Party in Morrison County and mayor of Little Falls. Following his role as editor, Vasaly was appointed superintendent of the St. Cloud state reformatory. His brother Peter Vasaly took over the role of editor thereafter and held the position until 1934.

The Herald regularly featured court notices, marriages, births, deaths, society news, financial transfers, and mortgage foreclosure sales. The region was home to many farmers, so farm advice and the market rates of various crops were routinely included. Local politics, including reports of the city council and Board of County Commissioners, were published. As a Democrat-affiliated paper, the Herald often butted heads with the Republican Weekly Transcript. The Heralds February 18, 1898 issue fumed, The Transcripts attempt to show that the Heraldhas attacked the present city administration is as absurd as its attempt to show that this paper has personally attacked Charles A. Lindbergh-- Little Falls being home to Charles August Lindbergh, noted lawyer and Republican congressman, and his son, the famous pilot Charles Augustus Lindbergh.

Peter Vasaly continued to own the Herald until 1949, when he sold the title to the Transcript Publishing Company, which published the Daily Transcript. The Herald ceased publication shortly after, leaving the Transcript as the only major newspaper in Little Falls.

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Democrats insist that unique factors will make the 2022 elections history defying. Mr. Trump, the Capitol attack of Jan. 6, the pandemic and the fate of democracy itself will share the ballot with the usual issues of economic growth and the performance of the president.

While voters see Democrats rebooting the economy and getting folks back on the job, Republicans are campaigning on junk science that is endangering peoples lives and false election claims that threaten our democracy, said Chris Taylor, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Redistricting will make the Democratic road steeper. David Wasserman, who tracks new district maps for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, said so far, Democratic fears look somewhat overblown Republican state legislatures have already gerrymandered their maps so severely that they can only go so much further. Republicans appear more intent on shoring up their vulnerable incumbents than destroying Democratic seats, he said.

In contrast, Democratic legislatures, especially in New York and Illinois, may actually produce more partisan maps than their G.O.P. brethren. In all, Mr. Wasserman said, Republicans could net up to five seats from new district lines, possibly enough to win the majority but far fewer than the 10 to 15 seats some Democrats fear.

Nonetheless, the new maps are pushing Democrats toward retirement. Mr. Doyle said he expects his district, which was once dominated by the city of Pittsburgh, to expand into more Trump-friendly counties to allow some of his Democratic voters to shore up the swing district now held by Representative Conor Lamb, a Democrat who is running for the states open Senate seat.

He could still win, he said, but he would have a whole new set of constituents, staff to hire, offices to open and hands to shake. After 26 years in the House, retirement was logical.

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WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The fundraising arms of the two major U.S. political parties poured money into Virginia last month ahead of a Nov. 2 election for governor that will signal whether Republicans have momentum in their bid to win control of the U.S. Congress next year.

Campaign finance disclosures filed on Wednesday showed that the Democratic National Committee (DNC), one of the main fundraising bodies for President Joe Biden's party, gave $1.1 million to the Democratic Party of Virginia.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) gave close to a half million dollars to the Republican state party in Virginia during the same period, a separate disclosure showed.

Biden won Virginia by 10 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election. But this year's race between Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin and former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, is widely seen as a dead heat.

That has fueled Republican hopes - already bolstered by a recent drop in Biden's approval ratings - that the party could triumph in November 2022 congressional elections. Democrats currently control both congressional chambers by slim margins.

Virginia is also closely followed as a test of how Republicans will fare when former President Donald Trump - who lost to Biden last year but is still widely seen as the party's leader - is not on the ballot.

McAuliffe holds a marginal lead on Youngkin in opinion polls, according to a Real Clear Politics polling average. Current Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, cannot seek re-election because of a state rule barring governors from serving consecutive terms.

The DNC and RNC transferred smaller sums to their state parties last month in New Jersey, which also will hold a gubernatorial election on Nov. 2.

New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy has a large lead in opinion polls over Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, a former state legislator.

Wednesday's disclosures, filed with the Federal Election Commission, showed the RNC raised $12.7 million in September, higher than the DNC's haul of $11.4 million.

Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Peter Cooney

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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has spent the last months batting around his fellow Democrats like a cat toying with a mouse. President Bidens signature Build Back Better Act has been the target of his torments his energy industry paymasters hate it and want it destroyed, and so he has carried their water with dutiful ruthlessness and today, the sham pretense of negotiation was dropped with an audible thud.

In recent days, reports Mother Jones, Sen. Joe Manchin has told associates that he is considering leaving the Democratic Party if President Joe Biden and Democrats on Capitol Hill do not agree to his demand to cut the size of the social infrastructure bill from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion, according to people who have heard Manchin discuss this. Manchin has said that if this were to happen, he would declare himself an American Independent. And he has devised a detailed exit strategy for his departure.

Such a move, if Manchin follows through, could immediately deliver Senate majority control to Mitch McConnell and the Republicans, if Manchin chooses to caucus with them. In such an instance, Bernie Sanders would lose his Budget Committee chairmanship to Lindsey Graham, the current ranking Republican. The Build Back Better Act, along with Bidens entire domestic agenda, would fall to ashes. This is the biggest club Manchin has, and he just audibly rattled it in the bag.

The road to this nauseating juncture has been torturous. Weve made breakthroughs, an unnamed Democratic senator told reporters just yesterday, after a meeting between Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders. The two diametrically opposed committee chairs had come together, according to The Hill, to reach a deal on a path forward for President Bidens economic agenda by the end of the week.

Specifically, the pair sought to find a path to passage for the Build Back Better Act, a bill packed with climate and social policies that are anathema to Manchins corporate paymasters, and to his own personal coal-stained bottom line. This has been going on for months now, and what was a robust piece of legislation is now a shadow of itself, and under mortal threat thanks to todays latest Manchin pronouncement.

It has been like this from the beginning. The same day Manchin had his breakthrough meeting with Sanders, he announced his opposition to the carbon tax, an idea being floated to salvage the bill after Manchin demanded the most effective climate elements be stripped. Bidens staffers have been scrambling to fix the damage done by Manchin, and when they offered this solution, they got Manchin telling reporters, The carbon tax is not on the board at all right now, right before his sit-down with Bernie.

Are we sensing a pattern yet?

Three weeks ago, Manchins whole problem was the cost of the bill, yet he refused to publicly offer a number he could live with. When congressional progressives offered a solution to that concern chop the time frame of the bill in half, which cuts its price tag in half it suddenly seemed as if a way to daylight had been found

which was precisely when Manchin (perhaps realizing he was about to fail his paymasters) started blasting out specific complaints about the details. No clean energy impetus. No child tax credit (without worthless work requirements included). No carbon tax. Include the Hyde Amendment. Vote on the infrastructure bill first and alone.

Just yesterday, Biden informed House progressives that he was dumping tuition-free community college from the package, in order to try and please Manchin.

The problem all along has been simple: Nothing will please Manchin. He may have specific ideological complaints about elements of the bill, but that is not what motivates him. Clinging to a doomed home-state industry motivates him, which is perhaps the greatest tragedy of all. Nothing would do more good for West Virginia than a deliberate transition away from coal, even if it means subsidizing former coal workers until they get trained up for new work. That wont happen this round because of Manchin.

More than this, I suspect, Manchin is motivated by a desire to protect his own personal coal-based wealth, and the wealth of the lobbyists who are in his ear even as they fill his wallet. He does not want a denuded bill. He wants no bill at all, and every time his fellow Democrats try to appease him by slicing up their own policy objectives, he moves the goal posts again. His threat to flee the party is a dramatic version of more of the same. If this were a football game, Democrats would be kicking field goals in the parking lot outside the stadium by now.

Hurricane Manchin, the worst climate-driven storm we have endured to date, is threatening to blow everything to the ground. It is not just the Build Back Better Act that is in peril; coal-state senators scuttling vital climate bills while the world drowns and burns is a dead-bang existential threat.

There is no bargaining with a storm like this, especially one whose effects will be felt globally. There are only two ways to handle such a storm: Either run away, or build up strong and dare it to knock you down. The Democrats have been running away for months. Its time for a new tactic.

The interminable delay of an up-or-down Senate vote on President Joe Bidens agenda serves no one other than Sinema, Manchin, and their corporate donors who want the bill gutted or killed, writes David Sirota for The Daily Poster. Every day Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stalls a vote on an already-scaled-back $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, Senate Democrats become more complicit in the betrayal of their partys campaign promises, the evisceration of the working class, and the destruction of the climate. They can make a different choice and hold a vote right now.

Schedule a vote on the bill immediately, and announce there will be no further subtractions made. With the lid closed, Democrats can finally share concrete details about the bill with the public, and beat back the barrage of nonsense offered by the Republicans, and by Manchin. And to really up the ante, suggests Sirota, Democratic leaders could add a bunch of programs that will target aid and investment to West Virginia and Arizona.

Make Manchin and his crew defend themselves against that, make them explain their opposition to elderly dental care, child care, tuition-free schooling, cheaper prescription drugs, and the fact that the ocean is coming for us all, and maybe we should try to do something about it. Manchin has not been made to do this yet, and I would love to see him try.

and if Manchin jumps, so be it. The Senate with Manchin as a Democrat has not been a hell of a lot different from a Senate with him sporting a different letter after his name. Additionally, his decision to leave could come to amount to voluntary irrelevance.

Manchin was hardly there anyway, and his defection could rob the Republicans of basically everything they planned to run on next year. The whole tumbling mess would then be McConnells problem, and he could enjoy explaining it away while fighting off the slobbering machinations of Donald Trump, who would probably see a switch of party control in the Senate as a signal that his destiny is at hand.

Trump may go off like a burning fireworks factory, and the GOP will almost certainly be forced to run with him or away from him. Either choice could tear the party apart and thoroughly horrify a stout majority of voters in the process. The 2022 midterms, if Manchin jumps, could very well be a bloodbath for Republicans entirely because of him.

Enough of this patty-cake bullshit. Call the vote.

UPDATE 5:30pm EST Sen. Manchin has vehemently denied to Politico that he had told associates he would leave the Democratic Party if he did not get his way on the social infrastructure bill. I cant control rumors, he told Politico reporter Burgess Everett, and its bullshit, bullshit spelled with a B, U, L, L, capital B. If I were in the political analysis biz (wait, I am!), Id hazard a guess that a not-so-subtle message has just been sent by the senator from West Virginia.

UPDATE 6:00pm EST An earlier version of this article stated that control of the Senate would immediately revert to the Republicans if Manchin becomes an Independent. This was inaccurate; in the event of a Manchin party flip, Republicans will retain control only if Manchin chooses to caucus with them. The article has been edited to reflect this.

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