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President Joe Biden met with congressional leaders at the White House Tuesday to discuss the legislative agenda for the rest of the year — a list that suddenly has an urgent new item on it: averting...
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The Biden administration said Tuesday that it is extending the pause on student loan repayments in the face of legal challenges that have frozen implementation of the president’s plan to forgive up...
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Peter Orszag, the former head of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office, warns in a Washington Post op-ed that the perils of debt-limit brinkmanship are...
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In January 2003, when Nancy Pelosi first became the leader of the House Democratic caucus, George W. Bush was president, the Iraq War hadn’t yet started, Michael Jordan was playing for the Washington...
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was reelected by his caucus as Senate Republican leader, fending off a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida — the first such challenge McConnell has faced in 15 years...
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It’s been a week since Election Day and Republicans are just now on the verge of cementing a House majority that they expected to lock up long ago. As of Tuesday afternoon, the GOP had 217 of the 218...
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Congress returns for a packed lame-duck session even as election votes continue to be counted. It’s clear that Democrats will keep a hold on the Senate and Republicans are likely to take control of...
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President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that he will nominate Daniel Werfel, who served in the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, to lead the Internal Revenue Service....
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So there was no red wave. In defiance of polls showing significant Republican momentum leading up to Election Day, Democrats managed to avoid a 2006-style midterm “thumpin’” and a 2010-style “...
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As we wait for the election vote totals to come in tonight — and probably over the next few days or weeks — let’s look at what may lie ahead if, as is widely expected, Republicans win control of at...
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You’ve probably seen TV ads featuring D-list celebrities pitching Medicare Advantage plans by claiming that seniors may be missing out on valuable benefits. But Medicare beneficiaries are also being...
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You’ll see a flood of polls in the news over the final days of the midterm campaign, but these numbers may tell you much of what you need to know ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.
A new CNN poll...
