The Senate has voted to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan, acting with sudden speed after weeks of fits and starts.
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Police officers gave their accounts of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, sometimes wiping away tears, sometimes angrily rebuking Republicans who have resisted the probe.
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Senate Republicans rejected an effort to begin debate on a big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group of senators brokered with President Biden.
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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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July 13, 2021
Comments Off on Bipartisan infrastructure deal stalls as bigger plan gains
A $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal senators struck with President Joe Biden is at risk of stalling out as Republicans mount stiff resistance over ways to pay for it and momentum shifts to a more robust Democratic proposal.
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July 1, 2021
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The Democratic-led House approved a sizable $715 billion transportation bill Thursday, a potential investment in roads, rail, public transit and water over five years.
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June 30, 2021
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Split along party lines, the House launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
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June 28, 2021
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President Joe Biden is hoping to get the bipartisan infrastructure deal on track by highlighting its expected economic benefits.
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June 25, 2021
Comments Off on Congress repeals Trump-era regulations on payday lenders
Congress overturned a set of regulations enacted in the final days of the Trump administration that effectively allowed payday lenders to avoid state laws capping interest rates.
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June 25, 2021
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it official that she is creating a special committee to investigate the attack on the Capitol, saying it is "imperative that we seek the truth.”
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