The government has deployed a new set of stimulus checks of up to $1,400 apiece. Most of those payments were prompted by recently processed tax returns.
Congress pays tributes to Nehru on death anniversary
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Calls him ‘The architect of modern India’
The Congress on Thursday paid tributes to India s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary, saying he was the architect of modern India who made unforgettable contributions to the country and the world.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also paid floral tributes to Nehru at his memorial Shanti Van here this morning.
Nehru, the first prime minister of India, held office between August 1947 and May 1964. He died on this day in 1964. Today, we honour Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, who has made unforgettable contributions to India & the world. He was a man of towering intellect, the architect of modern India, a true patriot, the Congress said on its official Twitter handle.
Republicans Present $928 Billion Counteroffer to Biden on Infrastructure
The plan’s total price tag came close to what the president has said he would consider, but it included only a fraction of the new spending he has requested. A compromise faces long odds.
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Senate Republicans Unveil $928 Billion Infrastructure Bill
Republican senators outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal to counter President Biden’s plan. Their plan involves unused coronavirus aid, and focuses on rebuilding roads and bridges.
“We are looking at today as a $928 billion package over eight years. It sticks to the core infrastructure features that we talked to initially. It’s a serious effort to try to reach a bipartisan agreement. The president said to me and us in February that he was really agnostic as to whether we passed a bunch of small bills or one large bill. And we’ve heard him say inaction is not an option for him. We’ve now passed two of the smaller and actually th
Broad Coalition of Democrats Presses Biden to Expand Medicare
Over 150 House Democrats are pushing the president to include a plan in his infrastructure package to lower the eligibility age, expand benefits and negotiate drug prices.
Representative Pramila Jayapal, who leads the House’s progressive wing, is teaming up with Democrats across the ideological spectrum. “It is really unusual to get this level of intensity on a health care proposal,” she said.Credit.T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times
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WASHINGTON A broad coalition of Democrats from across the ideological spectrum plans on Thursday to begin what it promises will be a noisy and sustained campaign to pressure President Biden to include a major expansion of Medicare in his infrastructure package.
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