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The bipartisan infrastructure bill is by no means a layup in the House of Representatives, where Democrats won't touch it until they get a reconciliation bill.
Collins: Republican Party is not led by one person Joseph Choi © Greg Nash Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Sunday that the Republican Party is not led by one person, appearing to push back on the notion that former President Trump is the leader of the GOP. Collins was responding to a recent event in Utah during which fellow GOP Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) was booed by a crowd of people after he said he wasn't a fan of Trump's "character issues." "I was appalled. Mitt Romney is an outstanding senator who serves his state and our country well," s...
WASHINGTON â The Biden administrationâs top medical adviser on the pandemic says the U.S. is actively looking at ways to boost aid to India as it grapples with surging coronavirus cases. Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABCâs âThis Weekâ that several measures are being considered, including sending over oxygen supplies, COVID-19 tests, drug treatments and personal protective equipment. The outbreak in India adds to the pressure on President Joe Biden to provide vaccines to other countries. Biden has said the U.S. wonât begin doing so until it has enough supplies at home. F...
GOP doesn't need election reform to win, Georgia's lieutenant governor says POLITICO 3/14/2021 By Maya Parthasarathy © John Amis/AP Photo Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan speaks to members of the media in his Atlanta, Ga., office. Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan on Sunday said he wants to expand voting, calling many voting reform proposals "solutions in search of a problem." "Republicans don't need election reform to win, we need leadership," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press," disavowing former President Donald Trump's attempts to undermine faith in elections. "I think there...
Charles Goodhart, Manoj Pradhan Over the past year, concerns about inflation have reappeared. The January 2021 Centre for Macroeconomics (CfM) survey asked members of its UK-based panel whether inflationary or deflationary pressures would dominate in the upcoming decade and about the main driving forces of inflation. Should we worry about post-Covid inflation? Since the Global Crisis, inflation expectations have been subdued in most advanced economies. Central banks have made herculean efforts to hit their inflation targets from below. The consensus prior to Covid-19 was certainly t...