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As Biden's signature spending bill stalls, Democrats are forced to regroup

Friday, December 17, 2021

President Biden acknowledged in a statement Thursday night that his spending agenda will be delayed well beyond a hoped-for Christmas vote in the Senate and now may take "days and weeks" to complete.

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Biden lacks the votes to advance the 2nd part of Build Back Better by the end of 2021

Thursday, December 16, 2021

President Biden acknowledged that his Build Back Better spending bill is going to need "days and weeks" to complete, even though Democrats wanted to vote on it by Christmas.

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Democrats are forced to regroup as Biden's signature spending bill stalls

Thursday, December 16, 2021

For weeks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had promised a vote on Biden's social and climate agenda before Christmas. But all 50 senators in caucus have not been able to unify behind the plan.

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Republicans aim to stop sniping at each other, focus on economic message for 2022

Thursday, December 16, 2021

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is working to tamp down internal feuds and shift members to talking about inflation and other issues that he believes will help his party return to the majority.

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Ahead of midterms, the GOP's extreme wing in the House worries Republicans

Thursday, December 16, 2021

House Republicans are in a strong position to win back control of the chamber but divisions threaten to throw the party off message.

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House retirement tracker: Senior Democrats exit as the GOP is confident of a takeover

Thursday, December 09, 2021

A growing number of House lawmakers have opted not to run again in 2022, but so far more Democrats than Republicans are choosing to end their service.

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House OKs a bill barring imports of goods produced by forced labor of Uyghurs in China

Wednesday, December 08, 2021

The bipartisan vote shows support for ramping up economic sanctions against the Chinese government. It bars any goods manufactured by Uyghurs in internment camps in Xinjiang.

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Democrats and Republicans agree to push back against human rights violations in China

Wednesday, December 08, 2021

U.S. lawmakers from both parties agree that China must face retaliation for human rights violations and took action Wednesday to go on the record against slave labor.

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Congress approves a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown

Thursday, December 02, 2021

A day before the Friday deadline, lawmakers approved a spending bill that will keep federal agencies running through Feb. 18, 2022.

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Islamophobic comments are the latest racist rhetoric to come from fringe lawmakers

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., recently suggested Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was a suicide bomber. The Islamophobic comments are the latest in a string of racist rhetoric in the House.

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Congress returns to try to avoid a partial government shutdown. Here's its to-do list

Monday, November 29, 2021

Lawmakers return from the Thanksgiving break to a pileup of critical legislation — to fund the government and avoid a default on the nation's credit limit, plus a $2 trillion spending bill.

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Congress returns from a holiday break with a full plate of must-pass legislation

Monday, November 29, 2021

Congress faces a Friday deadline to keep federal agencies funded and avoid a partial shutdown, while Democrats push to pass the remainder of President Biden's spending agenda.

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Democrats go on the offense with Biden's agenda to avoid a repeat of Obamacare battle

Monday, November 29, 2021

The Build Back Better agenda is the largest expansion of the social safety net in decades. Democrats say they learned from the debate over the Affordable Care Act and are selling their bills sooner.

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Breaking down the Democratic turnover in Congress ahead of the mid-term election

Thursday, November 25, 2021

With less than a year until the mid-term election, dozens of lawmakers are calling it quits. NPR's Dierdre Walsh explains why.

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After a GOP delay, Biden's Build Back Better bill could be voted on in the House

Friday, November 19, 2021

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy delayed a vote on President Biden's spending bill with a record-breaking speech. Democrats now expect to vote on the legislative package Friday.

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Rep. Gosar faces censure over an anime video of himself killing AOC

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The House will vote on a resolution to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for posting a video on social media that depicts him murdering Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.

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Biden signs the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law

Monday, November 15, 2021

President Biden praised the bipartisanship work to craft and pass the bill. But Republicans who supported the measure continue to face blowback.

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President Biden has signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

Monday, November 15, 2021

President Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law Monday, surrounded by members of both parties. But some of the Republicans backing the bill face death threats.

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Bannon indicted for defying Jan. 6 panel subpoena

Friday, November 12, 2021

Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury for refusing to cooperate with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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Mysterious rubber bales found along the Texas coast could be from WWII

Monday, November 08, 2021

Mysterious rubber bales continue to wash up on the Texas coast. It took a bit for the experts to figure out what they were. Turns out you have to go all the way back to World War II for clues.

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