Tag: Congress

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Kids visiting from Houston, Texas run to the Capitol steps as Republican and Democratic leaders continue to work on an amendment to the bipartisan infrastructure bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., August 7, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Ced By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate moved…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the U.S Treasury Department in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden plans to nominate officials to fill four economic and development positions, the White House said Friday. The nominees include two people for U.S. Treasury roles, a new chief…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the White House in Washington, U.S. January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday announced a final extension of a coronavirus relief pause on federal student loan repayments, interest and collections until Jan. 31, 2022. The extension of the pause, which had…

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…