Tag: Congress

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo 2/2 By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate, unable to finalize a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Thursday, will try again on Saturday when it is scheduled to hold a vote…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer (Refiles to correct typo in first paragraph) (Reuters) – Nearly three dozen of the United States’ most influential business groups have asked President Joe Biden’s administration to restart trade talks with…

Mark Levin says it is time to start talking about using impeachment or the 25th Amendment against President Joe Biden to remove the “most disastrous president in modern American history” from office.The conservative commentator, who commands a large following on the Right, took aim at Biden’s handling of the border situation and the coronavirus pandemic,…

© Reuters. Biden Stimulus Increase Cut Obamacare Plan Premiums by 40% (Bloomberg) — Monthly premiums for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act federal marketplace fell an average of 40% because of a boost in subsidies from government stimulus funds, the Biden administration said. More than 1.5 million people have enrolled in health plans through…

5/5 © Reuters. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 2/5 By Makini Brice and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate made gradual progress on Tuesday on a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill to upgrade roads, bridges, mass transit and…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The future of the bipartisan U.S. infrastructure bill introduced on Sunday and a far-larger partisan tax and spending bill to follow will be heavily influenced by a pair of obscure agencies…

White House press secretary Jen Psaki delivered harsh critiques Tuesday of Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott’s decisions to ban mask and vaccine mandates in their respective states.According to President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response team, roughly one-third of all new cases in the country last week came from Florida and Texas.”Seven states have both a…

The Biden administration will continue a controversial Trump-era Centers for Disease Control and Prevention border closure policy, known as Title 42, according to a Monday report from The New York Times.Since President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office more than six months ago, their administration’s immigration policies and campaign promises have often…

An attorney for former President Trump told the Wall Street Journal Monday he intends to fight a Department of Justice order to release his tax returns to the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee.Driving the news: The DOJ said in a memo to the Treasury Department last Friday that the committee had a “legitimate legislative…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Signs lay on the ground after people gathered outside of an apartment complex with the intention to stop the alleged eviction of one of the tenants in Mount Rainier, MD, U.S., August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is taking actions designed to protect American renters…