Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The chair of the Senate Finance Committee said legislation advanced Thursday by the GOP-controlled House Budget Committee is a “backroom scheme” to cut Social Security and Medicare outside of the regular political process, a warning that came as Republicans signaled their intention to attach the bill …
Read More »Biden Administration Cancels Additional $5 Billion in Student Debt for 74,000 Borrowers
Jimmy Williams The Biden administration has announced the cancellation of $5 billion in student debt for 74,000 borrowers, marking a new wave of loan forgiveness. President Joe Biden stated that 44,000 of the approved borrowers, including teachers, nurses, and firefighters, had their education debt wiped clean after a decade of …
Read More »Congress Speeds Through Short-Term Government Funding Bill Before Friday Shutdown Deadline
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Congress will have until early March to finish work it was supposed to complete last fall — and will avert a partial government shutdown — under a bill both chambers approved with broad bipartisan support Thursday. The 77-18 vote in the Senate and 314-108 vote in the House …
Read More »Senate Republicans Warn House Republicans on Immigration Negotiations
Jimmy Williams Senate Republicans are cautioning their counterparts in the House against playing political games with ongoing immigration negotiations, emphasizing that securing a better deal might not be possible under a potential second Donald Trump presidency. Senator Lindsey Graham expressed to reporters that expecting a better deal under a future …
Read More »Maine Judge Defers on Trump Ballot Decision Until Supreme Court Ruling
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A Maine judge on Wednesday declined to weigh in on former President Donald Trump’s challenge to his recent removal from the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot, citing the looming U.S. Supreme Court decision in a similar case. The U.S. Supreme Court—which has a right-wing supermajority that …
Read More »Senate Moves To Avoid A Partial Government Shutdown, But Time Running Short
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to advance a short-term spending bill, but both chambers of Congress must approve the legislation before a Friday funding deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. The 68-13 procedural vote moves the bill toward a final vote …
Read More »With GOP Pushing Hard On Immigration, Parole Emerges As A Make-Or-Break Issue In Congress
Ariana Figueroa, SC Daily Gazette Passage of a multi-billion-dollar supplemental package hinges on curbing an executive authority used to grant immigration protection, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said during a Wednesday press conference. “If we don’t fix parole, there will be no deal,” Graham said alongside Senate Republican Whip John …
Read More »DeSantis Criticizes Early Call In Iowa For Trump, Says Campaign Will Continue
Robin Opsahl, Florida Phoenix Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thanked Iowans at his watch party in West Des Moines Monday for supporting his campaign while criticizing media organizations and other campaigns. DeSantis said no other candidates have faced as much as him in making it through the first-in-the-nation contest. “The media was …
Read More »House Contempt Resolution for Hunter Biden Paused Amid Talks
Jimmy Williams The House of Representatives has temporarily suspended the progression of a resolution aiming to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress. Talks have resumed between Biden’s legal team and the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, focusing on scheduling a date for the president’s son to appear and testify. …
Read More »Lawmakers Reach Deal to Expand Child Tax Credit—In Exchange for Corporate Tax Cuts
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams A bipartisan pair of congressional negotiators announced a compromise deal Tuesday that would modestly expand the child tax credit for three years—potentially benefiting millions of kids in low-income families—in exchange for reviving Trump-era corporate tax cuts favored by Republican lawmakers. The $80 billion tax framework unveiled …
Read More »Sanders to Force Senate Vote on Probing Israeli War Crimes
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he will force a Senate floor vote this week on a resolution that would suspend aid to Israel if the U.S. State Department fails to report on how Israeli weapons—many of them supplied by the United States—are being used in …
Read More »Trump Cruises To Historic Iowa Caucus Victory; DeSantis Edges Past Haley
Former President Donald Trump won the Iowa Caucuses Monday night, according to The Associated Press, which calls unofficial results for American elections. AP called the caucuses for Trump just after 7:30 p.m. Central, just 30 minutes into the Iowa precinct meetings. With more than 95% of the vote reported, Trump …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris Tells Voters To Continue MLK’s Fight At The Ballot Box
Abraham Kenmore, SC Daily Gazette Vice President Kamala Harris told a crowd gathered outside the South Carolina Statehouse that the freedoms Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for six decades ago are under attack, and voters must fight back at the ballot box. King “dedicated his life, and in the end …
Read More »Trump Hits Haley on Social Security, But Critics Note He’s No Better
Jon Queally, Common Dreams Whichever Republican emerges victorious in the party’s Iowa caucus on Monday and ultimately becomes the GOP nominee, defenders of Social Security want the voting public to know that not a single one of them can be trusted to defend what is considered the greatest anti-poverty program …
Read More »Presidential Candidates Make Their Final Bid For Iowans To Brave The Cold Ahead Of Caucus Night
Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch Temperatures reached -16 degrees Fahrenheit in Iowa Sunday as presidential candidates rallied to encourage supporters to make it to their precinct caucus locations Monday night. Blizzards and wind chill have created dangerous conditions in the first-in-the-nation state in the days before the 2024 Iowa Republican …
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