Joe Biden

The West Virginia senator told Democratic leaders Thursday he would not support new spending on climate measures or tax increases.

A Senate plan to expand taxes on some businesses to bolster Medicare raised alarms about inflation, potentially complicating Democrats’ attempt to pass a broad economic package.

Crunch time has finally arrived for the president's economic agenda as Democrats scramble for a deal on a slimmed-down version of what was once a multi-trillion-dollar overhaul of domestic policy.

Senate Democrats have reached a deal to extend the solvency of Medicare by closing a tax loophole frequently used by law firms and other partnerships.

Senate Democrats are working on shrinking the tax increases in the president's economic package as part of a bid to get it passed in the coming weeks.

Suspending the federal gasoline tax would be a largely symbolic move by an embattled president running out of options to ease pump prices weighing on Democrats’ political prospects.

The president said he’s aiming to decide this week whether to move to suspend the federal gasoline tax.

In recent days, Biden and his aides have repeatedly cited Republican Senator Rick Scott’s “Rescue America” plan — from February.

A record tax haul for the federal government this spring shrank the budget deficit and surprised Wall Street.

The president called again for Congress to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy, while sharpening his criticism of Republican economic policies.