Budget Battles
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Trump Promises Best Stimulus Package Ever — After the Election
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White House: 'We're Not Going to Control the Pandemic'
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Pelosi, Mnuchin Point Fingers as Stimulus Talks Stall
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GOP Worries Mnuchin Is Giving Away Too Much
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Pelosi Says Help Is On the Way, but When?
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McConnell Warns Trump Against Pre-Election Stimulus Deal
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Pelosi Sets Deadline for Stimulus Deal
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Trump Promises Best Stimulus Package Ever — After the Election
President Trump predicted Tuesday that he’ll sign off on a coronavirus relief package after the election — and not just any relief package. “After the election, we’ll get the best stimulus package...
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White House Hands Over Fake Health Care Plan
By Michael RaineyBefore walking out on the interview in what appeared to be anger over the tone of the questioning, President Trump told Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes” that his oft-cited but never-seen health care plan...
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White House: 'We're Not Going to Control the Pandemic'
“We’re not going to control the pandemic,” White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and...
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Pelosi, Mnuchin Point Fingers as Coronavirus Stimulus Talks Stall
Satirical newspaper The Onion published a story Friday saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had announced they would be meeting to put the final touches on a 1...
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OxyContin Maker Pleads Guilty, Will Pay $8.3 Billion
By Michael RaineyPurdue Pharma has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for its role in creating the opioid crisis, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The OxyContin maker will pay $8.3 billion...
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Trump’s Drug Discount Cards for Seniors Get Pushed Back
By Michael RaineyThe Trump administration plans to send $200 discount cards for prescription drugs to more than 30 million Medicare beneficiaries, but the White House is abandoning an effort to have them shipped out...
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Pelosi Says Help Is On the Way, but When?
Help is on the way, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, referring to the coronavirus relief package she’s been negotiating with the White House. But she...
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Two New Polls Find Trouble for Trump on the Economy
As the Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) scramble to see if they can reach a roughly $2 trillion stimulus deal — while Senate Republicans look to vote on a smaller, $500...
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Most Americans Don’t Want Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions Overturned
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump insists that he has a plan to protect people with pre-existing conditions if the Supreme Court invalidates the Affordable Care Act – something that could happen just after the...
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Pelosi Cites Progress, but Warns of Poison Pills in Stimulus Deal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said after a nearly 90-minute negotiating session Thursday that they had made some progress toward a coronavirus relief package...
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States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices
By Steven Findlay, Kaiser Health NewsWhether Congress will act this year to address the affordability of prescription drugs — a high priority among voters — remains uncertain. But states aren’t waiting. So far this year, 33 states have...
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Pelosi’s ‘Not Messing Around’ on Drug Prices
By Michael RaineyHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s proposal to lower the cost of drugs would empower the federal government to negotiate prices directly with pharmaceutical companies, according to a draft of the plan...
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Number of Uninsured Jumps 2 Million Under Trump
The number of Americans without health insurance rose slightly last year for the first time since 2009, climbing to 27.5 million, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Compared with 2017, the number of...
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Can Trump and Pelosi Strike a Deal to Bring Down Drug Prices?
After a summer recess that stretched for more than a month, Congress is back in session, with lots to do. Preventing another government shutdown probably tops the agenda in the near term, even as...
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Op-Ed of the Day: Fighting the Next Recession Now
By The Fiscal Times StaffJason Furman, the former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, has some advice for Congress: Start preparing for the next recession now. In a Wall Street...