Social issues
Schumer says Sinema left ‘no choice’ but to cut carried interest provision from tax and climate bill
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds his weekly news conference after the Democratic caucus party luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, August 2, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday that Democrats had “no choice” but to drop a key tax provision from their major spending bill […]
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Does the Inflation Reduction Act violate Biden’s $400,000 tax pledge? Expect ‘a different answer depending on who you ask,’ says analyst
Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Senate Democrats’ package of climate change, health-care, drug pricing and tax measures unveiled last week has proponents and opponents debating whether the legislation violates a pledge President Joe Biden has made since his presidential campaign, to not raise taxes on households with incomes below $400,000 a year. The answer isn’t […]
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Overwhelming abortion right win in in ‘red’ Kansas gives Democrats boost for fall midterms over ‘MAGA’ GOP, Schumer says
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other leading Democrats on Wednesday said an unexpectedly strong vote to uphold the right to an abortion in “red” Kansas gives their party a boost over Republicans going into the fall midterm elections. “Last night in the American heartland, the people of Kansas sent an unmistakable message to MAGA […]
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Watch live: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland briefs press on DOJ lawsuit challenging Idaho abortion law
(Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to begin speaking at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if the video above doesn’t play at that time.) The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to invalidate Idaho’s new restrictive abortion law on the grounds that it violates federal law requiring most hospitals to give […]
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Koch network pressures Sens. Manchin, Sinema to oppose $739 billion tax-and-spending bill
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., board an elevator after a private meeting between the two of them on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images The political network backed by billionaire Charles Koch launched an ad blitz targeting Sens. […]
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Watch live: Biden speaks about the state of the U.S. economy
(Biden is scheduled to begin speaking at 2:15 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if the video above doesn’t play at that time.) President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the U.S. economy Thursday and meet with a small group of CEOs to “receive an update on economic conditions across key sectors and industries,” according […]
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Countries are not doing enough to contain monkeypox outbreak, epidemiologist says
There are grave concerns that the U.S. and other countries are not doing enough to contain monkeypox from becoming a large scale global outbreak, according to an infectious disease epidemiologist. Over the weekend, the World Health Organization activated its highest alert level for the virus, labeling monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. The […]
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Senate moderates Manchin and Murkowski both test positive for Covid
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) listens to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) as they walk together in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — A resurgence in Covid cases across the nation could impede progress on key bills in the U.S. Senate this week […]
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Tesla is under scrutiny by the federal agency that enforces workplace civil rights laws
Signage is displayed on the Tesla Inc. assembly plant in Fremont, California, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal agency responsible for enforcing civil rights laws against workplace discrimination issued a cause finding against electric vehicle makers Tesla in June, according to a financial filing out Monday. […]
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House passes legislation to enshrine a right to contraception in federal law
Representative Kathy Manning, a Democrat from North Carolina, speaks during an event ahead of the passage of H.R. 8373, the Right to Contraception Act, at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to pass legislation to codify the right […]
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