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The Democrats passed a scaled-back version of Joe Biden‘s long-sought social spending bill over the weekend but were unable to garner enough votes to pass a $35 monthly cap on insulin. In a 15-hour-long amendment process, lawmakers considered over 30 proposed changes to the bill, and Senate Republicans were able to ax a provision that would have enacted the monthly cap on the private market. The provision failed to reach the 60-vote threshold a 57-43 vote. It would have affected over 150 million Americans who have health insurance. It came up for a vote because the Senate parliamentarian deter...
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February 14 marked the fourth anniversary of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida where 17 lives were taken. President Joe Biden released a statement today urging Congress to take steps to pass gun control legislation. “We can never bring back those we’ve lost. But we can come together to fulfill the first responsibility of our government and our democracy: to keep each other safe,” Biden wrote in a statement. “For Parkland, for all those we’ve lost, and for all those left behind, it is time to uphold that solemn obligation.” Biden promised to prioritize gun control a...
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa’s 88-year-old senior Republican senator, announced Friday that he will seek reelection in 2022. “It’s 4 a.m. in Iowa so I’m running. I do that 6 days a week. Before I start the day I want you to know what Barbara and I have decided,” the senator tweeted Friday. “I’m running for re-election—a lot more to do, for Iowa. We ask and will work for your support. Will you join us?” As the Republican party is trying to regain the majority in the 50-50 Senate in next year’s midterm elections, Grassley choice to run for his eighth term instead of retiring is a big boost for his ...
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