The White House released a statement on Monday from President Joe Biden on averting a rail shutdown. I am calling on Congress to pass legislation immediately to adopt the Tentative Agreement between railroad workers and operators – without any modifications or delay – to avert a potentially crippling national rail …
Read More »White House Asks Congress For Billions In Ukraine, COVID-19 Funding During Lame Duck
Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance The Biden administration on Tuesday asked Congress for billions more in funding this year to address COVID-19 and the ongoing war in Ukraine, suggesting lawmakers attach it to a spending bill that must pass before Dec. 16. The $9 billion request for COVID-19 operations and nearly …
Read More »Six GOP-Led States Win National Injunction Against Biden Student Debt Relief Plan
Ariana Figueroa, Virginia Mercury A federal appeals court on Monday issued a nationwide injunction indefinitely blocking the Biden administration’s student debt relief program in response to a challenge by six GOP-led states. The unanimous ruling by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis came after the six states — Nebraska, …
Read More »Biden Says Midterm Elections Turned Out To Be ‘a good day’ For Democracy
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that even though midterm election results have yet to determine which party will control Congress, Democrats had a strong night defending their majority in both chambers. Control of both the U.S. Senate and House remained unclear Wednesday as more than 50 House seats have not …
Read More »Biden Accuses GOP of ‘Rooting for Recession’ After Jobs Report
President Joe Biden on Friday accused the Republican leadership of “rooting for a recession” after new Labor Department figures showed the U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October, more than analysts expected but down slightly from the previous month. “Today’s jobs report—adding 261,000 jobs with the unemployment rate still at …
Read More »President Touts Student Debt Relief Days Ahead Of Midterm Election
Shaun Griswold, Source New Mexico President Joe Biden’s appearance at Central New Mexico Community College focused on student debt relief and gave the state’s Democratic leaders a chance to boast about new educational opportunities offered to students from preschool up to college. “New Mexico is seen as one of the …
Read More »‘Biden Is Right’ That ‘Democracy Itself’ Is at Stake in Midterms
Progressives responded to President Joe Biden‘s Wednesday night speech by agreeing with his warning that “democracy itself” is at stake in the November 8 midterm elections. “Biden is right,” declared a statement from the advocacy organization Stand Up America. “With less than a week until Election Day, President Biden sounded …
Read More »Obama Rallies With Michigan Democratic Ticket, Speaks Out Against Political Division
Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance In the packed gymnasium of Detroit’s Renaissance High School, the Michigan Democratic ticket rallied alongside former president Barack Obama on Saturday, asking supporters to bring their friends, family and neighbors to the polls. With 10 days until the election, the candidates and officials emphasized the importance …
Read More »Biden Administration Targets ‘junk fees’ Ahead Of Midterms
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the federal consumer watchdog is cracking down on overdraft and depositor fees that often surprise Americans, deeming them unfair and likely violations of consumer protection laws. The move could save consumers more than $1 billion per year, Biden said. Some examples of these …
Read More »President Biden Gets Updated COVID Vaccine, Announces New COVID Initiatives
President Joe Biden received his updated COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday while calling on more Americans to do so ahead of the winter and holiday season. Biden was joined by leaders of major U.S. pharmacy chains Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and Albertsons, as well as Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier …
Read More »On “The View,” Ted Cruz Refuses To Acknowledge That President Biden Was Legitimately Elected
Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Nearly two years after former President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol and delayed certification of the 2020 election, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz still won’t say President Joe Biden was legitimately elected. During a confrontational appearance Monday on “The View,” the Texas Republican was …
Read More »Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Student Debt Cancellation
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams In an unsigned order Friday night, the conservative-dominated Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily barred the Biden administration from moving ahead with student debt cancellation as judges weigh an effort by Republican attorneys general to block the program. The court’s one-page order said it decided to grant the …
Read More »Biden Vows to Fight Any GOP Attack on Social Security, Medicare
President Joe Biden pledged Friday to defend Social Security and Medicare from Republican attacks but rejected calls to support a full repeal of the debt ceiling, an arbitrary federal borrowing limit that the GOP is threatening to use as leverage to enact spending cuts. “The Republican leadership in Congress has …
Read More »In Attempt To Curb Gas Prices, Biden Will Release Oil From Emergency Reserve
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden will authorize the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the nation’s reserves on Wednesday, part of an effort to lower gas prices as polling shows concerns over inflation are likely to hurt Democrats in congressional elections next month. The release from …
Read More »Biden Vows Codifying Roe v. Wade Will Top His Agenda If Democrats Expand Control
Ariana Figueroa, Michigan Advance President Joe Biden on Tuesday promised that if Democrats keep control of the U.S. House and gain a few more Democratic seats in the Senate, then “the first bill that I will send to Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade.” He also told supporters …
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