Tipsheet — Presented by National Industries for the Blind — Democrats end year reopening old wounds

View in your browser   Presented by National Industries for the Blind   Democrats end year reopening old wounds BY JORDAIN CARNEY   Congressional Democrats are ending their first year in a unified Washington with tensions running high — among their own members. The inability to get both the Build Back Better (BBB) and voting rights legislation done, despite months of behind-the-scenes talks on both, has Democrats increasingly venting their frustration. The standstill is in many ways opening up old wounds — between both the House and Senate, moderates and progressives and progressives and leadership — that dominated headlines for months this year. Read the full story here     ​​Federal appeals court reinstates Biden's vaccine mandate BY CAROLINE VAKIL   A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses with at least 100 employees, a measure that impacts tens of millions of workers across the country. Read the full story here     A MESSAGE FROM NIB       Supply shortage of new antiviral drug threatens fight against omicron BY PETER SULLIVAN   A new pill from Pfizer to treat COVID-19 has been hailed as a game-changer that can drastically cut down the number of hospitalizations and deaths from the disease.  Read the full story here     Schumer says Build Back Better will be delayed BY ALEXANDER BOLTON   Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday acknowledged that talks between President Biden and centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) will continue, a clear signal that Biden’s sweeping climate and social spending plan will not pass this year. Read the full story here     Trump sought to 'undermine' COVID-19 response, says panel BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL   The Trump administration deliberately undermined the nation's coronavirus response for political purposes, including by weakening testing guidance and championing widespread "herd immunity," according to a new report from the House panel investigating the pandemic response. Read the full story here     Harris says Biden administration 'didn't seen omicron coming' BY CAROLINE VAKIL   Vice President Harris said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Friday that the Biden administration “didn’t see omicron coming," referring to a coronavirus variant that has rapidly made its way across the U.S. Read the full story here     Charlamagne Tha God, Harris get into heated exchange after question about who 'real president' is BY JUDY KURTZ Vice President Harris asserted that Joe Biden is president — not Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) — during a tense exchange on Charlamagne Tha God's Comedy Central show. Read the full story here     A MESSAGE FROM NIB     Abortion bans aren't protecting lives, they're jeopardizing them BY LYNN R. GOLDMAN AND GEORGES C. BENJAMIN   OPINION l The evidence overwhelmingly points to abortion access as a necessary tool in promoting health and mitigating health threats to women and their families. Mississippi’s law — and the legion of similar laws poised to be enacted across the country — not only threatens a woman’s constitutional rights but poses a direct threat to human life.  Read the full story here     Watchdog reports presaged Afghan collapse, no one listened BY SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY (R-IOWA)   OPINION l Though harmful to national security, [the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction]’s advice fell on deaf ears. SIGAR was like a lone wolf howling in the wilderness. To learn from this experience, we need to look in the mirror. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©1998 - 2021 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved.

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