BREAKING: Democrats retain control of the Senate after Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto wins re-election in Nevada. The Nevada win gives Democrats a 50-49 edge as the Georgia Senate race heads to a runoff. Democrats needed just 50 seats to control the chamber with Vice President Harris’s tie-breaking vote.

President Biden is preparing to mark the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol and rally his divided party around voting rights legislation.

Here's what else you need to know in Washington today. bgovgo.com/fX3ntVw The House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is considering holding televised hearings during prime evening viewing hours. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Tax bill, climate change, and Medicare cuts. Here's what's on the agenda for Congress in 2022. 👇bgovgo.com/s5EkgBk 1⃣ Senate Democrats will continue negotiations on their version of a tax and spending bill with key elements of the Biden economic agenda.

The House version included a curbs on drug pricing and a federal paid leave program. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

President Joe Biden approved a federal disaster declaration for Louisiana to assist with recovery from Hurricane Ida as the Category 4 storm made landfall yesterday in Louisiana.

Here's what you need to know 👇 bgovgo.com/0NDFt9q Hurricane Ida pummeled New Orleans and the Louisiana coast overnight with lashing rain and ferocious gusts, leaving much of the region without electricity and bracing for widespread floods and devastation. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

President Biden is poised to unveil a plan this week that would raise taxes on the income, investments and estates of the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen in more than four decades.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/DwrW1Ut ➡️ The move will trigger intense debate in Congress about whether and how to address income inequality
➡️ Biden’s “American Families Plan” will be offset by a series of tax increases on the wealthy
➡️ Biden will unveil his program in a Wednesday night speech to Congress

President Joe Biden’s proposed immigration overhaul will be introduced in Congress today, kicking off what will likely be one of his most difficult legislative challenges.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇

bgovgo.com/d3ZME5j The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 includes:

➡️an eight-year path to citizenship for most of the ~11 million immigrants living illegally in the U.S.
➡️bolsters the nation’s refugee and asylum systems
➡️calls for additional technology to be used to help secure the southern border

President Biden’s progressive policy focus is a surprise to some liberals after he ran a centrist campaign, beating back calls for “Medicare for All” and a Green New Deal.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/QtrBHoo The turnaround showcases how far the center of the Democratic Party has shifted left since Biden served as vice president, and has some analysts thinking economic growth will prove even stronger than if Covid-19 hadn’t happened.

With Trump’s impeachment trial behind them, Democrats are quickly pivoting back to President Biden’s priorities, particularly his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan and confirming the rest of his cabinet.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/sUNl5LJ Lawmakers face a short turnaround to approve:

➡️ another round of stimulus payments
➡️ jobless compensation
➡️ funding for schools and vaccines

In less than four weeks, Democrats must pass a bill out of the House and get all 50 Senate Democrats to back the legislation.

Meet the nine Democrats prosecuting the House’s case against former President Trump today 👇

1️⃣ Jamie Raskin, Lead Manager

Raskin, 58, is a Harvard Law School graduate and emeritus professor of constitutional law at AU’s Washington College of Law. 2⃣ David Cicilline, Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees

Cicilline, 59, helped write the impeachment resolution. He's a graduate of Georgetown University Law School who early in his career served as a public defender in Washington.

The Senate will begin Trump’s second impeachment trial today with a fight over whether the proceeding is constitutional.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/XbiwTOD GOP senators have advanced the constitutional question as the main justification for acquittal. Most of them have avoided directly defending Trump’s actions leading up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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The Senate is a day away from starting former President Trump’s second impeachment trial with many of the details still to be ironed out even as the outcome—an acquittal—is all but assured.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/qC94OQK Trump’s defense team, led by Schoen and Bruce L. Castor Jr. is due to file its trial brief today.

They previewed their case in an initial response to the Jan. 13 House impeachment that argued the trial is unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office.

Republicans will likely block Democrats’ attempts to have the Senate follow the House in boosting stimulus payments for most Americans to $2,000, even though President Trump backs the bigger checks.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/RGfo0vn ➡️ 44 House Republicans joined 231 Democrats yesterday to pass a bill increasing the payments from the $600 in the Covid relief legislation
➡️ Trump's surprise demand last week for bigger payments put the GOP in a bind
➡️ Democrats were quick to use that as a pressure point

Congressional Republicans face high-stakes decisions in coming days over two giant pieces of bipartisan legislation that President Trump savaged this week.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/1fftOZs ➡️ President Trump yesterday vetoed a $740.5 billion annual defense policy bill, which was passed by both chambers of Congress with greater than two-thirds majorities earlier this month
➡️ Speaker Pelosi plans a vote to override that veto on Dec. 28

Prospects for a pandemic relief package before the end of the year grew substantially as senior GOP warmed to the idea of using a $908 billion bipartisan proposal as the basis for a deal.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/JUjE5ai Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) hasn’t publicly thrown his support behind the plan, after having won President Donald Trump’s backing for his own, narrower proposal.

That stance risks leaving him increasingly isolated. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Black farmers struggling with property ownership rules that have largely contributed to their loss of land now want Biden’s USDA to help them find ways to hold onto their farms. bgovgo.com/I3OnW5X Joe Hamilton manages a tree farm in South Carolina and knows first hand how complex it can be to own land.

His is among many Black, Appalachian, Native American, and Hispanic families to grapple with heirs’ property—a type of collective ownership passed down without a will.

Democrats are making a bid to break the standoff on a new stimulus package with Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer scaling back demands on a relief plan.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/MDHl1Aj Retreating from the $2.4 trillion pandemic relief package they had been pushing before the election, Pelosi and Schumer said a $908 billion proposal from a bipartisan group of lawmakers should serve as the baseline for negotiations with congressional GOP and the White House.

BREAKING: Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly, a former astronaut and Navy veteran, is sworn in as a member of the U.S. Senate.

Kelly will fill the remaining two-plus years of McCain’s unexpired term and will seek a full six-year term in the 2022 election. More: Kelly’s swearing in narrows GOP majority in the post-election lame-duck session to 52-48 and potentially complicates the party’s efforts to squeeze in a few more priorities in the waning weeks of Trump’s presidency.

President-elect Biden’s front-runner for HHS secretary is New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, and he may announce several health leaders as soon as next week.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/roVJQT7 ➡️ Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is also in the running for HHS secretary
➡️Mandy Cohen, North Carolina's state health secretary, is a favorite for CMS
➡️FDA leading choices appear to be David Kessler, a former FDA commissioner, and Joshua Sharfstein, a former FDA official

President-elect Biden will be naming 23 people in total to cabinet and cabinet-level positions.

Here's a look at his nominees, so far 👇 bgovgo.com/Ei54n94 From the start of his campaign, Biden has pledged to ensure his cabinet will look like America in terms of background and ideology.

So far, he has nominated five women and five people of color.

President-elect Biden is setting up his first confirmation fight with Senate GOP by choosing Neera Tanden—a sometimes-acerbic Democratic policy wonk—to serve as his White House budget chief.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/cAu5Oyb Tanden, the tough-minded head of an influential Democratic think tank, is a veteran Hillary Clinton aide seasoned in Washington battles over Obamacare and Trump’s presidency. Her selection drew swift objections from GOP senators. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

President-elect Biden will take a significant step this week toward addressing the damage to the U.S. economy as he names an economic team led by his choice for Treasury secretary: Janet Yellen.

Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/sDXQ4u9 Other economic policy team members are expected to be named this week. People familiar with the process say Biden will pick:

▶️Neera Tanden to lead OMB
▶️Cecilia Rouse to head CEA
▶️Adewale Adeyemo as deputy Treasury secretary
▶️Brian Deese as National Economic Council director