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Biden to unveil $200 billion universal preschool plan

April 28, 2021 7:48 AM Cole Johnson, CNN

President Biden is set to unveil his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan on Wednesday night, which includes $200 billion funding for universal…

Biden to raise minimum wage for federal contractors

April 27, 2021 7:57 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

President Joe Biden is expected to boost the minimum wage for federal contractors on Tuesday, coming from an executive the President will…

Alaska Airlines bans state lawmaker for her ‘continued refusal to comply’ with mask mandate

April 26, 2021 10:05 AM CNN Newsource

An Alaska state lawmaker who had called flight attendants “mask bullies” and clashed with airline employees on video over mask rules is now banned…

Republican-led legislatures push forward with efforts to restrict voting access

April 26, 2021 9:48 AM CNN Newsource

Republican-controlled legislatures are charging forward with a raft of new state laws imposing limits on…

House Democrats want to see permanent child tax credit in Biden’s second recovery

April 26, 2021 9:08 AM CNN Newsource

A group of House Democrats have introduced a bill to permanently expand the child tax credit and want to see it as part of President Joe…

Census Bureau to announce population numbers that will be used to reapportion congressional seats

April 26, 2021 8:42 AM CNN Newsource

The United States Census Bureau will announce updated state population totals on Monday, numbers that will be used to reapportion seats in the House…

Liz Cheney on charging Trump: ‘That’s a decision that the Justice Department is going to have to make’

April 26, 2021 7:38 AM CNN Newsource

Rep. Liz Cheney, a top House Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump earlier this year, said Monday that it should be up to the Justice…

Biden’s family plan to lay out economic ambition — and underscore the long road ahead

April 26, 2021 7:26 AM CNN

President Joe Biden, on the verge of the 100-day mark, will soon lay out the final piece of a sweeping, $4 trillion spending proposal — one that…

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin endorses GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski for reelection

April 23, 2021 9:48 AM CNN Newsource

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin endorsed Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Friday, bucking his own Democratic party and underscoring Murkowski’s…

Biden set to make first foreign trip in June to UK and Belgium

April 23, 2021 9:42 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden will embark upon his first foreign trip in June, the White House said on Friday, with plans to attend the Group of 7 summit in…

Biden makes the economic case for fighting climate change on second day of virtual summit

April 23, 2021 9:28 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden on Friday highlighted the economic opportunities of climate action a day after announcing an ambitious new goal to reduce…

Here’s how Biden wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations

April 23, 2021 9:18 AM CNN Newsource

Now that he’s signed the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, President Joe Biden is turning to the next items on his…

Biden will seek to raise taxes on richest Americans to fund sweeping education and child care proposals

April 23, 2021 6:07 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden is preparing to outline the next step of his economic agenda during a joint session to Congress next week and his proposal to pay…

Washington Post: Trump administration blocked investigation into delayed relief to Puerto Rico for 2017 hurricane

April 22, 2021 6:31 AM CNN Newsource

The Trump administration put up barriers that delayed $20 billion in hurricane relief aid to Puerto Rico and blocked an investigation into the…

Biden announces US will aim to cut carbon emissions by as much as 52% by 2030 at virtual climate summit

April 22, 2021 6:11 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden on Thursday kicked off a virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders by announcing an ambitious cut in greenhouse…

Infrastructure negotiations: Republicans to unveil $600 billion framework as Democrats try to iron out issues

April 22, 2021 6:05 AM CNN Newsource

The real work of finalizing an infrastructure package that can have widespread Democratic support on Capitol Hill is just beginning as the party must…

Biden aims to cement US credibility on climate and galvanize world leaders at virtual summit

April 22, 2021 5:55 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden’s ability to galvanize global momentum faces its first major test this week when he convenes 40 of his foreign counterparts…

Pelosi makes concession on subpoenas for 9/11 style commission to investigate insurrection

April 22, 2021 5:54 AM CNN Newsource

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is allowing the 9/11-style commission that will investigate the January 6 insurrection to use subpoenas in two different…

Sen. Hueso’s SB 604 passes unanimously by state senate committee

April 21, 2021 4:05 PM Caleb J. Fernández

California SB604 Natural resources: the Nature and Parks Career Pathway and Community Resiliency and Equity Act of 2021 was approved unanimously…

Local Democratic legislators not included in Gov. Ducey’s visit

April 21, 2021 1:04 PM April Hettinger, Adonis Albright

Some local Democrats have mixed reaction to getting singled out of efforts to control the crisis along the…