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Dec 13 2021
News
Old St. Chuck? Schumer under pressure to deliver by Christmas
Chuck Schumer leapt over the trap doors of a potential government shutdown and debt default. Now he has to stick the landing on one of the largest spending bills in American history.
As the Senate majority leader checks off his chamber’s list of must-pass bills, he’s turning to the urgent task of passing President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion social safety net bill before the long holiday
PoliticoJun 08 2021
Opinion
People Are Speaking Out About Vaccine Alienation And It's Heartbreaking
This non-FDA-approved, experimental emergency vaccine is so polarizing and controversial that it’s breaking down even strong and old relationships. Whether or not a friend or family member has chosen to get an injection is suddenly many people’s justification for shunning, ignoring, or being cruel to the people they know and love.
There hasn’t been much media coverage on just how deeply
Evie MagazineJun 08 2021
Fact Check
Is Unemployment Bonus Keeping Workers on Sideline?
Despite a stubbornly high unemployment rate of 6.1% in April — representing 9.8 million people who say they are actively looking for work — many employers are reporting that they can’t find people to hire.
Republicans say the $300 a week supplement to unemployment insurance, which for many Americans amounts to a pay raise, is so generous that it is acting as a disincentive for people to
FactCheck.orgMar 31 2020
News
Trump Administration Finalizes Rollback of Obama Gas Mileage Standards
The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. The rule sets corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions standards for the model years of 2021 to 2026 passenger cars and light trucks.
“This rule is
Breitbart NewsOct 06 2021
Analysis
It's time for Democrats to choose between limited success and total failure
It's time for Democrats to choose.
If President Joe Biden's multitrillion-dollar social reform, climate and infrastructure agenda is to survive, his divided party must make unpleasant decisions about which programs to fund and which to drop to reach a compromise deal.
As they seek to preserve the President's ambitious effort to rebuild the economy for working Americans,
CNN (Online News)Jun 02 2023
Headline Roundup
Should There Be Work Requirements For Welfare Recipients?
The debt ceiling deal, which President Biden is expected to sign into law Saturday, includes expanded work requirements to qualify for government welfare programs. During debt ceiling negotiations, Democratic lawmakers strongly opposed including the requirement expansions, while Republican lawmakers strongly advocated for them. The final agreement includes added requirements with exceptions
Wall Street Journal (Opinion) The Hill New York Times (Opinion)Oct 17 2021
News
Hospitals brace for strikes as California workers protest staff shortages
Labor advocates are calling it “Striketober.”
As weary health care workers across California enter the 19th month of the pandemic, thousands are walking off the job and onto the picket line, demanding more staffing.
The strikes and rallies threaten to cripple hospital operations that have been inundated by the COVID-19 Delta surge as well as patients seeking long-delayed care.
CalMattersNov 03 2021
Opinion
What Glenn Youngkin’s Virginia win means for Democrats
After a string of election victories in Virginia, Democrats thought the state had turned blue, but Republican Glenn Youngkin has won this year’s governor’s contest, defeating former Gov. Terry McAuliffe and delivering the state back into the GOP’s hands. Media outlets called the race for Youngkin early Wednesday morning.
The final margin isn’t yet clear, but no matter what, it
VoxJul 30 2021
Analysis
Taxes Separate Dying Illinois From Thriving Missouri
On the I-57 highway through Illinois, time seems to go backward with each southbound mile.
The houses and cars in the yards get older. As years pass, town populations shrink. Eventually, homes turn back into piles of disconnected wood and glass, then empty lots. At the end of the highway, the town of Cairo slowly sinks back into the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
The Epoch TimesMar 31 2021
Opinion
Joe Biden's $2 Trillion 'Infrastructure' Plan Doubles Down on Everything That Makes American Infrastructure Insanely Expensive
President Joe Biden officially unveiled his $2 trillion American Jobs Plan during a speech today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He promised to devote big dollar amounts to the even bigger goal of rebuilding America's infrastructure, broadly defined.
"It's not a plan that tinkers around the edges. It's a once-in-a-generation investment in America, unlike anything we've seen or done since
Reason