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Jan 04 2023
Opinion
The question we can’t avoid after what happened to Damar Hamlin
Odds are, you’ve never seen the photograph.
It exists, in the archives of the Detroit Free Press, a harrowing black-and-white image that found itself atop page 1D of the Oct. 25, 1971 morning newspaper.
There, lying face down on a muddy field, rests the body of Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lions wide receiver, who moments earlier ran 15 yards into the Chicago Bears secondary, stopped,
CNN (Opinion)Jun 28 2021
News
McConnell tries to derail Democratic infrastructure strategy
Mitch McConnell is pressuring President Joe Biden and congressional Democratic leaders to further weaken the link between a bipartisan infrastructure deal and a bigger liberal-leaning spending bill, warning Monday that Biden's party wants to "hold a bipartisan bill hostage over a separate and partisan process.”
The Senate GOP leader called on Biden to request that Senate Majority Leader
PoliticoDec 05 2012
Opinion
Millionaires' tax bracket would be a smart compromise
Earlier this year, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, expressed support for raising taxes only on households earning $1 million or more, a higher threshold than the $250,000 dividing line backed by President Obama.
CNN (Online News)Jun 16 2021
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Sen. Manchin proposes changes to Democrats' voting bill
Sen. Joe Manchin is proposing an extensive list of changes to his party's sweeping elections and voting bill, raising hopes among Democrats that they could unite behind the legislation even if the measure is nearly certain to be blocked by Republicans in a showdown Senate vote next week.
Manchin, a West Virginia moderate, said he's now open to supporting a bill if it's revised, despite
The IndependentJun 04 2021
Analysis
How Congress wrecked its own science bill, explained in 600 words
Earlier this year, it looked like Congress would do the unthinkable: pass a truly big, bipartisan bill. The legislation, known as the Endless Frontier Act, would provide a huge funding boost to American science research — framed as a way to compete with China. In the Senate, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) led the charge, and it looked like the bill would pass
VoxApr 20 2022
News
U.S. Chamber urges Senate to wait on FTC nominee Bedoya
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday urged the Senate to delay consideration of President Joe Biden's Federal Trade Commission nominee Alvaro Bedoya, accusing the current FTC leadership of undermining companies' confidence in the agency.
The business lobbying group pointed to recent changes under FTC Chair Lina Khan, including action over consumer protection rule-making and a vote
ReutersJan 25 2023
News
First Look: Initial 2024 Senate Projections Are Just Brutal for Democrats
We've made this point on several occasions over the last few months, and now the 'experts' are confirming it. Senate Republicans failed in historic fashion last year, managing to lose one net seat, in spite of highly favorable historical trends and political environment. They had a valuable opportunity to capitalize on several dynamics and win back control of the upper chamber, but instead
TownhallMar 09 2023
News
Clemson runs away from NC State, 80-54 in ACC quarterfinal
Clemson runs away from NC State, 80-54 in ACC quarterfinal North Carolina State players Jarkel Joiner (1), Jack Clark (5) and D.J. Burns Jr. (30) sit on the bench late during the second half of their loss to Clemson in an NCAA college basketball game at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) North Carolina State players
Associated PressMay 02 2023
News
Biden invites McCarthy to White House for debt talks as new default deadline looms June 1
President Biden reversed course Monday and invited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders to the White House next week for talks, as the Treasury Department warned that the U.S. could default on some of its bills as early as June 1.
Underscoring the urgency of raising the nation’s debt limit, Mr. Biden called Mr. McCarthy in Israel, where the California Republican
Washington TimesOct 14 2013
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Democrats Demanding Higher Spending in Shutdown Deal
“The dispute has been how to undo the sequester,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told "Face the Nation" Sunday about the collapse of talks to raise the debt limit and end the government shutdown.
But just hours later, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) contradicted Schumer from the floor of the Senate. “There was one conversation on one of the Sunday shows today that said we were
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