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President Biden Signs Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

President Biden signs Infrastructure bill

On Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill – The Infrastructure and Jobs Act – into law. “My fellow Americans, today I want you to know: We hear you and we see you,” Biden said at a signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. …

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President Biden Lifts International COVID-19 Travel Ban

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The current COVID-19 travel ban impacting visitors to the United States is set to end. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that starting today, November 8, 2021, non-citizen travelers who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and have appropriate documentation will be permitted to enter the United States via land …

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Here Is What’s In The $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

President Joe Biden

On Friday, Congress passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, a signature part of President Joe Biden‘s economic agenda. The bill has $550 billion of new federal investments in everything from bridges, to roads, to broadband, to water. On Saturday, the president called it a “once-in-a-generation investment that’s gonna create …

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United States Adds More Than 530,000 Jobs In October

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The Labor Department on Friday said more than a half-million jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October — soundly beating what most analysts had predicted. The department said in its monthly report that 531,000 jobs were added last month. In the run-up to Friday’s report, most economists projected …

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House Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill; Sends To Biden

The House of Representatives on Friday night passed a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill after months of delay and negotiations, sending the long-waited legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature. The bill was approved by a vote of 228-206, with 13 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the legislation. …

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COVID vaccine mandate for large employers set for January 4

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The Biden administration set a January 4 deadline on Thursday for employees at large companies to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face weekly tests and mandatory mask-wearing on the job, a move that impacts 84 million private-sector workers. Seventeen million employees at health care facilities that receive federal funding …

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President Biden Unveils 10 New Judicial Nominees

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On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced 10 new judicial nominees, including 9 for the federal bench. This is President Biden’s ninth round of nominees for federal judicial positions, bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 62. Biden has put forward more judicial candidates during his 287 days in …

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