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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers released an outline Wednesday for raising the debt ceiling, providing a competing option to the emerging Republican-only plan. The proposal is vague. It outsources the task of finding ways to reduce the deficit in the short term to appropriators in a government funding bill and kicks the job of proposing long-term solutions to a new… Read more »

On a bitterly cold night 14 months ago, an obstreperous Democratic congressman from New Jersey was sitting in the Capitol hideaway of House Democrats’ heir apparent, talking about trying to do the impossible. It was exactly one year before November’s midterms when Josh Gottheimer sat down with Hakeem Jeffries, and Democrats were confronting a bleak future. A… Read more »

The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, which is co-chaired by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), on Tuesday called on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to bring up legislation for a vote that addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, and trade, among other matters. The bipartisan United States… Read more »

The Problem Solvers Caucus is a bipartisan group in the House of Representatives made up of both Republicans and Democrats. The caucus attempts to find common ground on key policy issues. Most recently, their focus was on a pair of bills aimed at increasing funds to police departments: the Invest to Protect Act and the COPS on the beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity… Read more »

A bipartisan pair of congressmen are calling on the Biden administration and their respective leaders in Congress to address seven "commonsense" policy priorities that have received support from both Republicans and Democrats. Announced Thursday, a plan from Democrat New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer and Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick calls for a vote on a… Read more »

The leaders of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus are ramping up pressure on their leadership in a new effort to bring a series of bills to the House floor that they argue already have bipartisan backing and could help bolster incumbents ahead of the midterm elections from attacks that Congress isn’t working. In their plan, Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey… Read more »

The Problem Solvers Caucus is backing legislation in the House that would extend Title 42 -- the latest sign of bipartisan pushback against the Biden administration’s plans to end the public health order in May. The Biden administration announced earlier this month that it will end the order on May 23, a measure that has been used since March 2020 to quickly… Read more »

A growing chorus of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the Biden administration to provide Ukraine with fighter jets and weapons to bolster its defense against Russia's continued attacks.  The bipartisan, 58-member Problem Solvers Caucus on Sunday became the latest group of lawmakers to push for Ukraine to receive more military assistance from the U.S.,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — The Ripon Society and Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange held a virtual discussion this past Thursday with the two Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5). Read more »

A group of House moderates is calling on President Biden to reconsider his Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline from Afghanistan as the administration evacuates stranded Americans and Afghans fleeing the Taliban. Read more »