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Deficit Hits Record $1.7 Trillion in First Half of Fiscal Year
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Biden Seeks Huge Spending Boost in First Budget
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Manchin Throws Another Wrench Into Biden Agenda
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Biden’s Plan to Raise $2.5 Trillion in Corporate Taxes
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Democrats Get a Big Boost in Bid for More Spending Bills
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Manchin Says He Won’t Back Biden’s 28% Corporate Tax Rate
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McConnell Vows to Fight Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
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Biden Unveils $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan, With Tax Hikes to Pay for It
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Biden's Four Big Tax Hikes
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Biden Announces New Vaccine Push
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New Record High for Vaccine Shots
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Biden Previews His 'Next Major Initiative'
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The Controversial New Plan to Reinvent the Post Office
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100 Million Stimulus Checks
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Why the White House Isn’t Too Worried About Inflation
While Fed chief Powell has repeatedly downplayed the risk, some economists and policymakers are worried that the U.S. economy could stumble into a 1970s-style inflationary spiral produced by the...
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Biggest Boom Since 1946?
Economic forecasters have been offering increasingly optimistic outlooks as the pace of vaccination accelerates in the U.S., indicating that the economy could be headed for its best performance in...
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Biden Seeks Big Spending Boost in First Budget
The Biden administration unveiled its first budget proposal on Friday, asking Congress for $1.52 trillion in discretionary spending for 2022, including major boosts in funding for education, health...
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Biden Officials Overstated Infrastructure Jobs Estimate, Fact-Checkers Say
President Biden is calling his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan the “American Jobs Plan,” and he claimed last week that the economy will create 19 million jobs if it is passed. In celebrating a...
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Record Growth Seen for World Economy: IMF
Driven by mass vaccinations and enormous amounts of government support, the rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic will produce record economic growth, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday in its...
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Democrats Get a Big Boost in Bid for More Spending Bills
Democrats in the Senate won a technical procedural victory on Monday that could open the door to billions more in spending this year. Budget reconciliation, which allows the Senate to pass bills...
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John Oliver Asks How Worried We Should Be About the ‘Undeniably Big’ US Debt
HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” dedicated the bulk of Sunday night’s episode to an in-depth look at the $28 trillion national debt, which Oliver called “an absolute f--- ton of money.” "...
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Manchin Says He Won’t Back Biden’s 28% Corporate Tax Rate
President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan is already running into some roadblocks, with Republicans making clear they oppose it — and some Democrats now indicating they’ll seek...