for passage. Republicans are dead set against the package.... Suzan DelBene of Washington state

WASHINGTON— Two U.S. congresswomen renewed demands Tuesday for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide a formal apology and release records in connection with the January 2020 detainment of 200 Iranian Americans at the U.S.-Canada border. Reps.... 5 and 6 as the U.S. was teetering on the brink of a war with Iran.... The letter makes the request for a formal apology from the agency in response to a Jan....

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“ For every$ 1 we spend on lifting kids out of poverty cutting taxes for the middle class w/ the# ChildTaxCredit, we save$ 8.” — Rep.... However, when we ran the study by other fiscal experts, they said its assumptions were so optimistic as to be suspect. The Facts The Democrats’$ 3.5 trillion spending proposal would among other things beef up the Child Tax Credit( CTC).... “ The present discounted value of current and future benefits for society equals roughly$ 794 billion, or approximately e

Three-fourths of U.S. adults are now fully vaccinated with a growing number of people getting boosted.... Anna Moneymaker/ Getty Images, FILE In this Aug.... 16, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden gestures as he gives remarks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C." What he needs to accomplish is a realistic and optimistic frame" for the pandemic, said Andy Slavitt, a former White House COVID adviser....

WASHINGTON--Progressive leaders in Congress are warning colleagues against a “ false choice ” over what to keep or cut as Democrats scale back President Joe Biden's now-$ 2 trillion package of social services and climate change strategies.In a letter Wednesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus argue the package should not simply be narrowed as centrist lawmakers prefer, but instead kept as Biden's bi

And Senate Republicans are already digging in before the negotiations formally begin. President Joe Biden has made the semiconductor legislation a top priority, but he’ll need the support of 10 Senate Republicans, and perhaps more, to get a bill to his desk.... The House bill would boost spending by more than$ 400 billion over the period. WHERE THERE IS MUCH AGREEMENTThe Senate and House bills allot more than$ 52 billion for semiconductor production and research.... Grants and loans from the f

The meetings mark his most expansive in-person engagement with members of Congress in his presidency and underscore how critical the White House views the coming days.... It comes as Democratic leaders are grappling with real and intractable divides over key aspects of Biden's efforts to transform the social safety net.... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California promised moderates a vote on the bipartisan bill on the House floor by September 27 and, with a small margin for error, it's unclear

And Senate Republicans are already digging in before the negotiations formally begin. President Joe Biden has made the semiconductor legislation a top priority, but he’ll need the support of 10 Senate Republicans, and perhaps more, to get a bill to his desk.... The House bill would boost spending by more than$ 400 billion over the period. WHERE THERE IS MUCH AGREEMENTThe Senate and House bills allot more than$ 52 billion for semiconductor production and research.... Grants and loans from the f

Biden and Democrats on Capitol Hill might not have been praised by voters for adding the new benefit, but they almost surely will be blamed if the money abruptly stops flowing next month.“ We need to keep them going, ” said Rep.... Recommended What's going on with Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial?... Congress sends Biden$ 2.5T debt limit hike, avoiding default？...