Alan Fram, Associated Press

The right to use contraceptives would be inscribed into law under a measure that Democrats pushed through the House on Thursday.

The Democratic-dominated panel, meeting virtually, approved the measure on a near party-line vote, 20-17.

Senate Democrats say they have reached a budget agreement that paves the way for their drive to pour federal resources into climate change, health care and family service programs sought by President Biden.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to strip Republicans of committee assignments if they accept an appointment from House Speaker Pelosi to join the committee, a top House GOP aide said Thursday.

Stefanik, R-N.Y., a moderate turned Trump loyalist who’s given voice to many of his false claims about election fraud, was elected as expected to the No. 3 post that Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., held for over two years.

Cheney served notice that she had no intention of backing down in her battle against a former president who has retained loyalty among many GOP lawmakers and voters, even as it leaves her once promising political career in question.

The grumbles are unlikely to derail her but serve notice that the right wing is battling again to affect the party’s future.

Cheney has provoked Republican ire for repeatedly trading barbs with Donald Trump, blasting his false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative in Congress, said Tuesday he is being investigated over a former relationship but denied any criminal wrongdoing.

The House bills’ prospects were gloomy in the evenly split Senate, where the 50 Democrats will need at least 10 GOP supporters to break Republican filibusters.

A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Biden and Democrats claimed a triumph on a bill that marshals the government’s spending might against twin pandemic and economic crises.

Individuals earning up to $75,000 would get $1,400, with checks phasing out completely at $80,000 income.

The new president’s vision for flushing cash to individuals, businesses, states and cities battered by COVID-19 passed on a near party-line 219-212 vote early Saturday.

The decision will force Democrats to make politically painful choices about what to do next on the federal minimum wage, which has long caused internal party rifts.

By late Wednesday, not one Republican in either chamber had publicly said he or she would back the legislation.