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Budget, infrastructure bills slotted for Friday votes in House
House Democrats planned a vote Friday on their sweeping budget reconciliation package after moving to iron out a handful of unresolved issues.
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House Democrats planned a vote Friday on their sweeping budget reconciliation package after moving to iron out a handful of unresolved issues.
The battle to include a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrant continued as Democrats neared a reconciliation deal.
Corporations relied on forced arbitration more often in 2020 than in 2019, using a practice that runs counter to efforts among lawmakers.
Questions about the role of government in abortion policy, including the new Texas law, arose during a House Judiciary hearing Thursday.
Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick Leahy accused Republicans of refusing to negotiate fiscal 2022 spending levels for defense programs.
Robert Santos, who will be the Census Bureau’s first Latino director, has pledged to keep the agency free from political interference.
Businesses with 100 workers or more face potential fines for not complying. As many as 84 million people may fall under the new requirements.Â
The new version of the nearly $2 trillion bill would add slimmed-down paid leave benefits and other items dropped from the previous version.
Senate GOPers are blocking a nominee for an SBA post over Planned Parenthood loans, but also his ties to a Muslim get-out-the-vote group.
U.S. outrage at the Taliban risks clouding policymakers’ judgment when cold-blooded calculations are needed about U.S. national interests.
Hesitancy, a lack of access and relaxed mitigation efforts in schools could mean it’d take months for most younger children to be vaccinated.
House Democrats unveiled a compromise on state and local tax deductions for the reconciliation package but once again faced Senate opposition.
The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to strike down New York’s regime for licensing gun owners to carry a concealed weapons in public.
Progressives and moderates continue to debate immigration policies that could be added to the Biden budget package.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will seek to increase immigrant processing capacity at border ports of entry.
A Pentagon investigator found that the military had made a "mistake" but had not committed a crime in strike that killed Afghan civilians.
Democratic lawmakers have had to be patient as Biden selected nominees for the top posts at the Federal Communications Commission.
As President Biden and other Democratic leaders struggled to pass his agenda, Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal wielded her new power.
The president is loosening his mandate that the Pentagon fire unvaccinated troops and that defense contractors fire unvaccinated employees.
A new report estimates the Census Bureau double counted white residents in 2022 while missing people of color, renters and young children.