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May 2, 20232 min readJeffries Offers Debt Limit Backstop With Discharge PetitionDemocrats in the House are offering their Republican colleagues a fallback option if they fail to agree amongst themselves on a way to...
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Dec 17, 20203 min readRepublicans Intend To Limit Biden's Economic Options In The PandemicJoe Biden may see the COVID relief package that passes Congress this week as a "down payment," but Republicans think it's all he'll get.
Dec 10, 20203 min readBernie Sanders, Josh Hawley Demand Vote For Direct PaymentsSen. Josh Hawley stepped up his push to send direct payments to Americans reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, offering a bill to do so.
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