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Democrats, with bare majorities in Congress on the line in the November midterm elections, are trying to advance President Joe Biden’s social safety net promises this year while Republicans decry what they see as escalating costs. Taxes, climate initiatives, and how best to help U.S. companies compete against China will figure prominently as both parti...
A new session of Congress opens as Democrats grapple to find a path forward for their agenda before the November midterm elections. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden today is set to announce plans to combat food price inflation by targeting the market power of meatpacking giants.
U.S. officials could salvage unused green cards from the past two years under a Senate spending bill released Monday.
May 19, 2021 6:03 AM By Brandon Lee Senate Republicans are calling on top Biden administration officials to walk back support of an international plan to waive Covid-19 vaccine IP protections, calling the decision a âgiveawayâ to China and India that will only promote âvaccine nationalism.â Countries like China that regularly steal U.S. intellectual property began urging the World Trade Organization to waive IP rights âalmost immediately after these vaccines were proven to work,â Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote in a letter tod...
March 8, 2021 6:07 AM By Brandon Lee President Joe Bidenâs $1.9 trillion package will sail through the House when it takes up the bill on Tuesday, according to Democratic lawmakers and aides, even after proposals progressives championed were scaled back. The Senateâs changes to the House-passed bill, made to appease moderates and comply with parliamentary rules, included dropping a proposed minimum wage increase but are unlikely to prove enough to make progressive Democrats vote against it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) can only afford to have four Democrats oppo...