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Sep 14 2021
News
Joe Manchin Thinks Parents Should Have To Work For Child Tax Credit
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) suggested Sunday that he’s fundamentally opposed to a key part of the Democratic agenda: monthly benefits for parents.
Since July, the federal government has been sending most parents monthly cash payments, a revolutionary policy that could slash child poverty ― but the payments will stop after December if Congress doesn’t pass a new law to keep them going.
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Sep 14 2021
Opinion
Biden's $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan Will Leave Americans Poorer in the Long Run
As Congress wrangles over the details of a massive spending bill that's central to President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" plan, a new analysis shows the proposal will leave America poorer in the long run.
Biden's plan to hike federal spending by about $3.5 trillion over the next 10 years—paid for with a combination of huge tax increases and up to $1.75 trillion in new borrowing—will
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Jul 08 2020
News
Trump wants to reopen schools. Hint: It's not just about education.
President Donald Trump’s push to reopen America’s schools is about more than children’s education. It’s about the economy. And it’s about his reelection.
Because for Trump and his team, the issues are interlinked.
With children out of the house, they argue, parents can more easily return to work and juice the economy — something even the president’s allies consider a necessity
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Sep 14 2021
Analysis
Trump shattered tradition on Fed chair. Some Dems want Biden to do the same.
Left-leaning activists and lawmakers are pushing President Joe Biden to dump Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for Fed Governor Lael Brainard with a last-ditch message: Don’t miss a rare opportunity to install a known and tested Democrat atop the world’s most important economic institution.
It’s a conundrum for Biden. He can stick with Powell, a choice that would please markets —
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Mar 21 2020
Opinion
To stop coronavirus, we must set aside partisanship. Here's how we can do it.
Something extraordinary happened in the Middle East. In the wake of this global pandemic, Palestinians and Israelis put aside their differences and pledged to work together to stop the spread of COVID-19.
It should be a lesson to all of us: if these two adversaries can find a way to stop fighting, why can’t Americans?
Crises have a way of bringing us together but, unfortunately,
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Jan 24 2018
News
Key Republican-Democratic battles unresolved despite shutdown deal
Three days after debate over federal spending and immigration policy shut down the federal government, key battles between Democrats and Republicans remained unresolved on Tuesday.
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May 25 2021
News
Indictment against former Trump advisor Bannon is dismissed
An indictment against Steve Bannon was dismissed Tuesday over the objection of prosecutors who said it should stand despite ex-President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon his former chief strategist.
The dismissal came in a written ruling by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres, who called it the “proper course.”
The Manhattan jurist said it was not the practice of the region’s
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Mar 15 2021
News
Biden Planning First Major Tax Hike Since 1993: Report
President Joe Biden is expected to propose a number of tax increases in the first major federal tax hike in nearly 30 years to pay for the long-term economic program that will follow the COVID-19 response bill, according to a new report.
Sources reportedly told Bloomberg that provisions currently under consideration include raising the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from 21 percent;
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May 12 2020
News
U.S. Women's Soccer: Equal Pay for Equal Play?
In the midst of COVID-19 updates and adjusting to a new normal, it would have been easy to miss a significant update in the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) lawsuit that occurred earlier this month.
As a reminder, the team filed a gender-discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation in March 2019. The suit gained international attention when the team claimed another
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Jun 13 2019
News
Michael Flynn and Rick Gates Subpoenaed to Testify by House Committee
The Democratic-led House Intelligence Committee said on Thursday that it had issued two new subpoenas demanding that Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, and Rick Gates, a former top Trump campaign aide, provide testimony and documents related to their interactions with Russians and other foreign powers.
The subpoenas, dated Wednesday, are tied to the
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