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The expanded child tax credit won’t reach people who don’t file tax returns.
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Unemployment Benefit Cuts Start This Weekend
Four Republican-led states are dropping federal unemployment benefits after Saturday.
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Democrats May Need To Change Their Voting Rights Bill If They Want It To Pass
Even senators who nominally support the bill are open to amending it in order to advance voting rights.
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Joe Biden Surrenders On Federal Unemployment Benefits
The president is glad the extra benefits are temporary, and he's cool with GOP governors pulling the plug early.
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Giving People Money Is Apparently Not Crushing The Economy
The May jobs report showed little evidence that unemployment benefits are stalling economic growth, despite Republicans' continued attacks.
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Biden's Labor Secretary Says Let's Not Freak Out Over One Jobs Report
Marty Walsh urged calm on the eve of a huge jobs report.
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Joe Biden Makes Key Concession On Corporate Taxes In Attempt To Woo Republicans
Instead of raising the corporate tax to 28% (from 21%), Biden proposed a minimum corporate rate of 15% to pay for new infrastructure projects.
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Senate To Vote On Election Reform Next Month, Setting Up Another Filibuster Fight
The Senate will vote on S.1, the For the People Act, in June, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said.
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Republicans Filibuster Bill Establishing Bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission
The GOP blockade of a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will increase pressure on Democrats to eliminate the Senate filibuster.
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Some GOP States Swapping Unemployment Benefits For 'Return To Work Bonuses'
And they're using "blue state bailout" funds to pay for the bonuses.
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Why People Don't Stay In Restaurant Jobs
Republicans blame unemployment benefits, but there's a simpler reason: the jobs are hard and they don't pay great.
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Senate Set To Vote This Week On Jan. 6 Commission
The bipartisan bill to establish a panel to investigate the Capitol riot faces the first Republican filibuster of this Congress.
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Joe Manchin And Kyrsten Sinema Beg GOP To Support Bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission
The two filibuster defenders issued a statement pleading with Republicans to establish a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Republican Governors Cutting Federal Unemployment Benefits For 4 Million
So far, 23 states have said they'll end the extra $300 Congress put in place until September.
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Here Are The Big Questions A Capitol Riot Commission Could Answer
Senate Republicans blocked a plan for a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. What could it have uncovered?
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Rep. Greg Pence Praises Brother's 'Heroism' After Vote Against Capitol Riot Commission
The congressman opposed investigating the Jan. 6 attack, even though his brother, former Vice President Mike Pence, was targeted.
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Some Republicans Opposed To Capitol Riot Commission Supported One In January
Check out this big flip-flop by 16 Republicans who supported an independent commission in January, then voted against one this week.
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House Votes To Establish Capitol Riot Commission Over Republican Opposition
The vote sets up a showdown with the Senate, where the GOP's Mitch McConnell opposes creating an outside panel to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Mitch McConnell Opposes Bipartisan Commission On Jan. 6 Attack
Republican leaders in both the House and Senate now oppose a plan to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Stimulus Checks Cause Some To Lose Disability Benefits
Legal aid attorneys say the government is mistakenly docking benefits because of coronavirus rebate payments.
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