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Sep 10 2021
Analysis
More than 10 million US citizens live with an undocumented immigrant
More than 10 million U.S. citizens share a household with an undocumented immigrant, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by immigration advocacy group FWD.us.
Nearly half of those U.S. citizens, 4.9 million, are children who have at least one undocumented parent.
The report shows the extent to which undocumented immigrants are integrated in their communities, with
The HillOct 21 2021
News
What Biden's sweeping social safety plan might include -- and what it likely won't
Democrats in Congress are negotiating a sweeping budget reconciliation package that is the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
The 10-year spending plan, originally priced at $3.5 trillion, marks the biggest step in the Democrats' drive to expand education, health care and child care support, as well as tackling the climate crisis and making further investments in
CNN DigitalMar 04 2021
News
Senate votes to take up COVID-19 relief bill
Senate Democrats voted on Thursday to take up a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill, teeing off what's expected to be a days-long sprint to pass the legislation.
The Senate voted 50-50 to proceed to the coronavirus relief legislation, with Vice President Harris breaking the tie to advance the bill. “The Senate is going to move forward with the bill. No matter how long it takes, the
The HillOct 14 2021
News
White House banking on another McConnell retreat over the debt ceiling
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may be insisting that he won’t help President Joe Biden and Democrats solve a debt ceiling impasse again.
But White House officials are still planning for the Kentucky Republican to climb down as yet another deadline approaches in December, after he convinced 10 Republican colleagues to break the logjam last week.
Inside the White
PoliticoOct 13 2021
News
United against higher spending, centrist Democrats don't agree on what to cut or keep
Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill have set the end of October as the time frame to nail down an agreement on a scaled-back version of President Biden's Build Back Better Agenda. After initially setting the price tag at $3.5 trillion over 10 years to enact sweeping health care, climate, education and child care policies, disagreements between progressives, who make up the bulk of the party's
NPR (Online News)Jun 22 2019
News
Dollars today for enslavement long ago? Georgetown students say yes.
They aren’t just a list of enslaved people. They have stories, and descendants, and names: Polly, Revidy, Noble, Minty, Mary Jane, Michael, Sally Anne.
Buttons bearing these names were worn by “vote yes” students as they campaigned at Georgetown University this spring. They wanted undergraduates to pay a “reconciliation contribution” of $27.20 each semester. The funds would benefit
Christian Science MonitorFeb 17 2021
Analysis
As Democrats Debate How to Raise the Minimum Wage, Republicans Offer Distractions
The federal minimum wage could soon change. On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden said one of his main priorities was to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. And as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has attempted to include that raise in the work-in-progress $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package proposed by Democrats. But there’s a hitch.
As
Mother JonesOct 02 2021
Opinion
The Democratic Civil War Has a Winner: Donald Trump
First, the good news. The government did not shut down at midnight. New covid infections in the United States have fallen twenty-five per cent over the past couple of weeks. Vaccine mandates by large companies and government agencies, many of them imposed at President Biden’s behest, seem to be working—without vaccine-refusenik workers quitting en masse, as threatened. As recent weeks go for
The New YorkerFeb 05 2021
News
Congress Approves Budget, Paving the Way For Biden's COVID-19 Relief Package
The House quickly approved a budget resolution intended to speed the drafting of President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
The Senate approved the same budget resolution early Friday morning. With the Senate evenly divided, Vice President Harris cast the tiebreaking vote.
Democrats are planning to use a feature of the budget process called reconciliation to pass
NPR (Online News)Feb 05 2021
News
House Passes Budget Resolution, Clearing Path for Dems to Push COVID Relief Through
The House on Friday passed a budget resolution, mounting a key procedural hurdle and clearing a path for Congress to pass President Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
The Senate passed the budget resolution earlier on Friday in a 51-50 vote along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.
Democrats plan to use a process
National Review (News)