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Democrats promise to do it all despite dissension in the ranks
The bipartisan plan, with $580 billion in new spending, falls far short of the ambition that Biden has set out.
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Schumer lays out ambitious spring, early summer agenda
“Pushing through legislation of this magnitude on a partisan basis may garner short-term benefits, but will inevitably only exacerbate the distrust that millions of Americans harbor against the U.S. government
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Democrats pushing to weaken the filibuster say it enables racism
Foremost among those is HR 1, the elections, campaign finance and ethics bill that is subject to the 60-vote threshold, along with measures to overhaul police practices, expand background checks for gun sales
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On this issue, even Joe Manchin and public opinion can’t move the GOP
House Democrats last week again passed their preferred background checks bill, which would close those same loopholes but go further in requiring background checks for private, person-to-person sales
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Schumer puts gun control on Senate agenda
show loophole” that Democrats say allows sales to felons, domestic abusers or others who are prohibited from owning firearms.
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Vilsack meets Agriculture panel with clear return path to USDA
Farmers who relied on sales to restaurants say they are still hurting because of closures or limited hours and service resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lawmakers call for hearings as apps pause trading in GameStop
“Committee investigators should examine any retail services freezing stock purchases in the course of potential investigations — especially those allowing sales, but freezing purchases.” Sen.
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Road ahead: House takes up ‘Tiger King’ and marijuana bills while seeking spending deal
Schumer, have so far resisted negotiating anything short of a comprehensive aid deal, but rank-and-file lawmakers’ calls for compromise have gotten louder.
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Democrats’ dream election scenario is still alive
Even ambitious legislation — to combat climate change, add a public insurance option to the 2010 health care law and restrict gun sales — looks risky, with a House majority that could be just a handful
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Expiring breaks for brewers, airlines driving tax extenders push
Horse racing, short sales The 33 tax provisions expiring this year are a diverse group. Some of the breaks are supposed to encourage certain behavior, like investing in clean energy.
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Senate chooses minimal new restrictions on weapons for cops
The Senate voted Tuesday to further restrict the kind of excess Defense Department weapons that can be legally sent to police forces but stopped short of setting numerous additional conditions on such
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Negotiators face more contentious issues than state, local aid
[jwp-video n=”1″] Democrats agree that state and local aid should stem from coronavirus needs, but their calculus includes sales and other state tax revenues lost because of the pandemic.
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Economists say policy timing key to fast coronavirus recovery
As governors shut down economic activity in their states, the flow of sales taxes will dry up even as the virus adds huge strains to their healthcare budgets.
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Lawmakers seek to tighten gun background checks
California Democrat introduced the bill Friday in response to a CQ Roll Call report that revealed the bureau purges hundreds of thousands of background checks each year — a practice that could allow gun sales
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House Dems move forward with drug pricing bill
Under the part of Medicare that covers doctor visits, Part B, health providers buy the drugs and are reimbursed at a 6 percent markup of the drug’s average sales price.
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Charleston mass murderer got his gun because of background check gaps, internal report shows
The report also found that background checks “are complicated by statutory requirements, including short data purge windows, and increased Examiner requirements to complete reviews in order to verify
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Senate Democrats prepare marathon floor session on gun violence
Manchin and Toomey led an effort in 2013, which would have required background checks on all commercial sales of guns. It fell five votes short in the Senate.
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Trump closes in on background check decision, key senators say
President Donald Trump may soon announce whether he will support a yet-to-be-written Senate bill expanding background checks for commercial gun sales, a bipartisan group of senators said Wednesday.
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McConnell: No votes on gun measures that Trump won’t sign
The House passed legislation in February that would close several loopholes that keep gun sales from needing to undergo federal background checks.
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Background checks are still on the table for Trump, Chris Murphy says
“If this all seems like a ruse, an attempt by the president to make it look like he’s doing something without actually moving the ball down the field, I think we’ll know that in short order,” he said