The president pushes a still-robust domestic package – $1.75 trillion for social services and climate change programs – that the White House believes can pass the 50-50 Senate.
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Paid family leave falls out of Biden bill as tempers rise
The president will go to Capitol Hill on Thursday morning to urge Democratic lawmakers to bring talks on the social services and climate change bill ‘over the finish line.’
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U.S.-China relations tense as Biden heads to twin summits
The president again won’t be meeting with Xi Jinping, but the tensions and aggravations between the world’s two largest economies will nonetheless be on ready display.
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Billionaire tax takes shape, faces critics, as Biden pushes for budget deal
Resolving the revenue side is key as the Democrats scale back what had been a $3.5 trillion plan, insisting all the new spending will be fully funded.
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White House: Biden to outline filibuster changes in ‘weeks’
But at a CNN town hall on Thursday, the president predicted that eliminating the 60-vote threshold to end debate on most legislation in the Senate would be ‘difficult’ beyond the debt limit.
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Wisconsin audit finds elections are ‘safe and secure’
A key Republican legislative leader says the nonpartisan audit shows that the state’s elections are “safe and secure.”
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Democrats face ‘difficult decisions’ as they work to whittle Biden’s plan to $2 trillion
Time is growing short for the president on what has been his signature domestic policy initiative, first unveiled in March and now having consumed much of his fitful first year in office.
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House sends debt limit hike to Biden, staving off default
The relief is temporary as Congress will have to revisit the issue in December.
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Biden is first president to mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The day will be observed Oct. 11, along with Columbus Day, which is established by Congress.
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U.S. dodges default crisis – for now – as Senate votes to extend borrowing
The 50-48 vote in support of the bill to raise the government’s debt ceiling by nearly a half-trillion dollars brought instant relief, but it provides only a reprieve.