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POLITICO Sign up for POLITICO Playbook today. Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Allies of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy are already making calls on behalf of Rep. Elise Stefanik, seeking to lock down a replacement quickly to push Rep. Liz Cheney out of leadership. | Anna Moneymaker/Pool via Getty Im...

POLITICO Get the POLITICO Influence newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Aon BIDEN TOUTS RESTAURANT AID PROGRAM: President Joe Biden visited a Mexican restaurant in Washington today that was a beneficiary of the pilot program for the industry’s $28.6 relief fund and announced that more than 186,...

Biden called for drug pricing reform this year. But it’s an empty call President Biden JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Biden told Congress Wednesday to let Medicare negotiate drug prices this year. But it’s an empty call to action. “Let’s give Medicare the power to save hundreds of billions of dollars by negotiating lower prices for prescription drugs. That won’t just help people on Medicare – it will lower prescription drug costs for everyone,” Biden said in his address. “Let’s get it done this year.” Unlock this article by ...

Climate change is no longer a distant threat looming in the future. Its impacts are tangible: In 2020, 22 extreme weather events caused more than more than $20 billion in damage in the United States alone. That’s a new record.

Biden appears to be backing his party’s line. The spending request seeks trillions for the domestic priorities of the Democratic Party’s constituencies but heeds the Center of American Progress’ call for “fiscal discipline” at the Pentagon. Members of the House Progressive Caucus oppose nuclear modernization, missile defense, and support a no-first-use policy, which says the United States would not use nuclear weapons first in a war, thus abandoning strategic ambiguity aimed at keeping adversaries guessing.  “As the only country to have ever used nuclear weapons in a conflict, th...