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The U.S. government may be on the verge of spending as much as US$4.5 trillion in what could be one of the biggest investments in infrastructure and the social safety net in decades. The House plans to vote on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Sept. 30, 2021 –
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While liberal lawmakers look for ways to raise taxes on the rich to finance their US$3.5 trillion spending package, some House Democrats are aiming to lower them. Specifically, several Democrats from high-tax states such as New York and New Jersey want to eliminate or at least raise the $10,000 cap
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In a Sept. 2 opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Joe Manchin, a critical Democratic swing vote, came out against his party’s expansive $3.5 trillion budget, calling for a “strategic pause” to consider the legislation’s consequences. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker of the House Nancy
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Thursday revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year but says it was treated successfully. Klobuchar, 61, said in a blog post that doctors at the Mayo Clinic found small white spots during a routine mammogram and a subsequent biopsy at the Piper
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday returned to her home state of California to campaign for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces a recall election in the country’s most populous state. Harris appeared with Newsom in San Leandro and urged voters to vote against the recall effort. The area is
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At a weekly press conference Wednesday morning, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized social media giants like Twitter and Facebook for allowing content from the Taliban terrorist organization on their platforms. An audience member asked about this situation in the midst of reports that videos of women being
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a press conference today that Democrats will not be adding provisions to increase the debt ceiling to Sen. Sanders’ (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion budget. This announcement came as tensions between Democrats and Republicans over raising the debt ceiling have been brewing since
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As Democrats prepare for an upcoming legal battle over raising the debt ceiling later this month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is looking at attaching a limit increase to the Senate-passed infrastructure bill or Sen. Sanders’ (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion budget resolution. The debt ceiling, the federal government’s borrowing
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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Democrats must act quickly to pass the $3.5 trillion budget resolution, after moderate Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who holds a key vote, called for pausing further action on the bill until the current inflation is assessed. “You can’t slow it down,” Sanders told The New York
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News Analysis In an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has come out squarely against Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) expansive budget resolution. Manchin’s opposition puts the bill—which President Biden considers an integral part of his “build back better” agenda—in grave danger of failure in the
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The U.S. government may be on the verge of spending as much as US$4.5 trillion in what could be one of the biggest investments in
815 Views
While liberal lawmakers look for ways to raise taxes on the rich to finance their US$3.5 trillion spending package, some House Democrats are aiming to
3,009 Views
In a Sept. 2 opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Joe Manchin, a critical Democratic swing vote, came out against his party’s expansive
598 Views
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Thursday revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year but says it was treated successfully. Klobuchar, 61, said
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday returned to her home state of California to campaign for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces a recall election
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At a weekly press conference Wednesday morning, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized social media giants like Twitter and Facebook for allowing content
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a press conference today that Democrats will not be adding provisions to increase the debt ceiling
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As Democrats prepare for an upcoming legal battle over raising the debt ceiling later this month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is looking
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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Democrats must act quickly to pass the $3.5 trillion budget resolution, after moderate Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who holds a
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News Analysis In an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has come out squarely against Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) expansive
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