Budget Battles
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Companies Could Still Pay $0 in Taxes Under Biden Plan
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The Tax Fight That Could Derail Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
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Republicans Prepare Counteroffer to Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
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Tax Cheats Cost the US $1 Trillion a Year, IRS Chief Says
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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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Satisfaction With Vaccine Rollout Surges: Poll
By Michael RaineyIn a remarkable turnaround from just a few weeks ago, a solid majority of Americans now say they are satisfied with the way Covid-19 vaccines are being distributed, according to a Gallup poll...
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Biden Announces New Push for Vaccinations
By Michael RaineyWithin three weeks, 90% of American adults will be eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine shot at a site within five miles of their home, President Joe Biden announced Monday. Biden said that by...
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5 Key Takeaways From Biden’s First Presidential Press Conference
President Joe Biden’s first news conference in office covered a range of topics, including the migrant surge at the southern U.S. border, GOP efforts to restrict voting rights , foreign relations...
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How Democrats Could Finally Bring Down Drug Prices
By Michael RaineyDemocratic lawmakers are getting behind a plan to enable the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate the prices of some drugs covered by Medicare, potentially saving the federal...
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Obamacare Turns 11: How Biden Is Expanding the Law
President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law 11 years ago. President Biden and Democrats marked the anniversary Tuesday by celebrating the law — even as they look to...
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A ‘Crazy Quilt’ of State Rules for Covid Vaccine Eligibility
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health NewsIn North Carolina, the nation’s leading tobacco producer , any adult who has smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime can now be vaccinated against covid. In Florida, people under 50 with...
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CDC Eases Rules on Distancing in Schools
By Michael RaineyElementary school students can sit 3 feet from each other in classrooms as long as they are wearing masks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. The agency said it was...
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Biden Touts 100 Million Vaccine Shots in 58 Days
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden said today that the country will hit his target of 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in 100 days on Friday — 42 days ahead of schedule. “When I announced in early December a...
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Becerra Confirmed as HHS Secretary in Narrow Senate Vote
The Senate on Thursday voted 50-49 to confirm Xavier Becerra as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra, who served in the House from 1993 to 2017 and then went on to become...
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3 Takeaways From Biden’s First Primetime Address to the Nation
In his first primetime address to the nation, President Biden on Thursday night presented an optimistic case that the worst of the Covid pandemic might soon be over. Hours after signing his $1.9...
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Biden Orders 100 Million More Doses of JNJ Vaccine
President Biden on Wednesday directed the government to purchase another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. “There is light at the end of this dark tunnel of the past...
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Big Win for Biden: Congress Passes Historic Covid Relief Bill
The House passed President Joe Biden’s massive $1.9 trillion America Rescue Plan on Wednesday, giving final approval to a sweeping package that provides emergency pandemic aid and also authorizes a...
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Democrats Near the Finish Line on Covid Relief Bill
Democrats have two steps left in passing their $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill and delivering President Joe Biden his first major legislative win — a historically large, deficit-financed package that...
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GOP Turns to Delay Tactics to Stall Covid Relief Bill in Senate
The Senate on Thursday afternoon began what promises to be a lengthy debate over a modified version of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, with Senate Majority Leader...
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Biden Says US Will Have Enough Vaccine for Every Adult by End of May
President Biden on Tuesday announced that drug giant Merck will help manufacture the newly approved single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. “Two of the largest health care and pharmaceutical...