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August 5, 2021 at 1:12 pm

McConnell: Democrats ‘won’t get our help’ to lift debt limit

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says his Republicans will oppose raising the federal debt limit if Democrats pursue their $3.5 trillion plan to strengthen social... Updated 6:05 pm

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July 29, 2021 at 12:57 pm

Conservatives want to boot Cheney, Kinzinger from House GOP

Conservative lawmakers want to boot Republican Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger out of the House GOP

The bipartisan group of Senate negotiators speak to reporters just after a vote to start work on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021.From left are Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA159 DCSA159

July 28, 2021 at 9:48 pm

Infrastructure deal: Senate suddenly acts to take up bill VIEW

The Senate has voted to start work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure package

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President Joe Biden holds a mask as he responds to a question as he arrives at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Biden is in the area to visit the Lehigh Valley operations facility for Mack Trucks and advocate for government investments and clean energy as ways to strengthen U.S. manufacturing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) PASW101 PASW101

July 27, 2021 at 10:11 pm

Infrastructure talks leave Biden’s entire agenda at risk

The outcome of the infrastructure bargaining will affect what could be the crown jewel of President Joe Biden's legacy: his hopes for a subsequent infusion...

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center, joined by, from left, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, announces to reporters that he and the other GOP negotiators have reached agreement on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill with Democrats and are ready to vote to take up the bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA121 DCSA121

July 27, 2021 at 9:27 pm

Infrastructure deal: Senate suddenly acts to take up bill VIEW

The Senate has voted to start work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure package

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July 24, 2021 at 5:41 am

Beware of budget gimmicks in push for massive spending deals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators fashioning a pair of colossal bills that would deliver more than $4 trillion for infrastructure, health care, environment and other initiatives...

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July 23, 2021 at 11:03 am

Yellen outlines to Congress emergency measures on debt limit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress on Friday that she will start taking emergency measures next week to keep the government from...

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July 21, 2021 at 9:58 am

Dems hit McConnell, who says GOP won’t back debt limit boost

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats accused Republicans Wednesday of a “shameless, cynical” ploy that would damage the economy and the government's credit rating after the...

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FILE – Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) speaks with reporters alongside, from left, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Amy Klobuchar, (D-Minn.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 22, 2021. Early fundraising has given Democrats cause for optimism as Republicans split over how closely to align with the former president. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times) XNYT212 XNYT212

July 19, 2021 at 9:40 am

EXPLAINER: How Democrats hope to enact Biden domestic agenda

Democrats have concocted an elaborate choreography to fulfill President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, address climate change and boost social programs. Here's...

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July 15, 2021 at 9:19 pm

Top Senate Dem sets infrastructure vote, pressures lawmakers VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is pressuring lawmakers to reach agreement by next week on a pair of massive domestic spending measures,...

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