ABC's Andy Field - April 9, 2021 - KRDO's Afternoon News

The White House announced today that President Biden will create a commission to study possible changes to the Supreme Court.  The commission comes as President Biden has been under pressure to add seats to the bench to compensate for a right-ward political shift after Trump appointed 3 nominees, one of whom was an Obama-era vacancy held up in the Senate. The establishment of a commission to study the issue was a campaign promise from Biden. Biden also released a $1.5 trillion wish list for the federal budget this morning, asking for an 8.4% increase in agency operating budgets with substantial gains for Democratic priorities like education, health care, housing and environmental protection.  The request by the White House budget office spells out Biden's top priorities as Congress weighs its spending plans for next year. It's the first financial outline of Democrats' broader ambitions since the expiration of a 2011 law that capped congressional spending.