#Manchin ratchets up battle with Biden

#Manchin ratchets up battle with Biden

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is becoming a bigger problem for President Biden and Democrats in the Senate as he faces an uphill reelection battle in West Virginia, a state where former President Trump won one of his biggest victories in 2020.  Manchin has criticized Biden and Democrats publicly, opposed various nominees and, this week, said…

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#GOP lawmaker dings McCarthy for ‘demonizing’ illegal immigrants

#GOP lawmaker dings McCarthy for ‘demonizing’ illegal immigrants

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) dinged congressional leadership in both parties on Sunday for their posturing on immigration, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) who Gonzales said was “demonizing” illegal immigrants. “You’ve got McCarthy on one side that is demonizing those that come over illegally,” Gonzales said on CBS’s “Face The Nation.” “You’ve got Chuck Schumer on…

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#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona confirmed this week that the Department of Education is preparing to restart student loan payments later this year. “The emergency period is over, and we’re preparing our borrowers to restart,” Cardona said at a Senate Appropriations hearing on Thursday, as the national COVID-19 public health emergency was set to expire at…

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#Battle for Feinstein seat splits top Democrats

#Battle for Feinstein seat splits top Democrats

California’s Senate primary has put some of the most powerful figures in the Democratic Party on opposing sides in what is becoming one of the most closely monitored and unpredictable races of the 2024 cycle.  Progressive Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) got a big boost this week after Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), a prominent establishment Democrat…

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#10 questions answered on the debt limit

#10 questions answered on the debt limit

As Congress battles over how to keep the nation from defaulting on its debt ahead of a looming deadline, Americans are getting a primer on the country’s borrowing limit.  This week, the Treasury Department warned it could run out of “extraordinary measures” to stave off a federal default as soon as June 1. If the…

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