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Do Earmarks Encourage Bipartisanship?

Recommended Reading / April 26th, 2022 / By Divided We Fall (author)

Would reinstating congressional earmarks improve or hinder legislative gridlock as well as bipartisanship?

Bridging Divides, Bipartisanship, Economic Policy, Federal Budget, Role Of Government, Federal State And Tribal Powers

Democrats Seek Intraparty Compromise as Spending Plan is Cut Back

Story of the Week / October 21st, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Biden has reportedly knocked the spending bill's price tag down from $3.5 trillion to between $1.75 and $1.9 trillion.

Story Of The Week, Budget Reconciliation, Biden Spending Plan, Democratic Party, Economic Policy, Federal Budget

Congress Just Reached Two Major Agreements by Overwhelming Margins. How Well Did News Outlets Cover the Stories?

Bias / January 4th, 2021 / By James Coan

Congress agreed to two major pieces of legislation by overwhelming margins in the past few weeks. On December 21, it passed a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill, which also included temporary funding for other government operations. It then overrode a veto from President Donald...

United News Roundup, Media Bias, National Defense, Federal Budget, Coronavirus Stimulus, Coronavirus, US Congress

Story of the Week: Congress, Trump Unite to Pass $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus

Story of the Week / March 25th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Updated 3/27/2020 at 4:54 p.m. ET: President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill into law Friday afternoon, aimed at stabilizing the economy and American life amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak...

Story Of The Week, Economic Policy, Economy And Jobs, Federal Budget, Coronavirus

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