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Why Biden’s Medicaid red line matters
The president didn’t broker a perfect deal with Speaker McCarthy, but his insistence against any cuts to health care programs will keep millions of…
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Michael Jones
WH to Dems: The budget compromise could have been much worse
President Biden and his deputies worked the phones over the long weekend to mollify the frustrated Democrats ahead of a vote this week to raise the debt…
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Michael Jones
Biden, McCarthy reach a deal to avoid a first-ever default
The agreement suspends the debt limit through next year’s election and outlines funding priorities for the same timeframe. Now congressional leaders…
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Michael Jones
Dems rail against House GOP for skipping town
Without a deal between the White House and Speaker McCarthy to close a deal, lawmakers headed home for a long weekend in their districts as the economy…
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Michael Jones
Dems fill the White House’s debt-limit messaging void
Party leaders spent the afternoon resetting the record on how we got to the brink of economic catastrophe.
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Michael Jones
McCarthy may have peaked too soon
The speaker’s former critics are loving him now but they’ve also hamstrung his ability to make a fair deal with President Biden to avoid a default on…
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Biden, McCarthy contend with the politics of debt-limit dealmaking
As the two leaders look to reach an agreement, they’re also looking to set expectations for members who may be disappointed by the final compromise…
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No deal in sight, time not on their side
President Biden and Speaker McCarthy prepare to meet again this afternoon to break a budget stalemate and avoid a first-ever US default threatened by…
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Michael Jones
Why MTG’s comments on Jamaal Bowman are so dangerous
“This is not surprising behavior. But it’s behavior that’s been used to, of course, endanger, and sometimes kill Black men and Black people as a result…
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Michael Jones
Dems lob a pair of debt limit Hail Marys
Congressional Democrats view Republicans as bad-faith negotiators so they’re looking to bypass the GOP altogether to avoid a first-ever default. It’s…
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Michael Jones
There’s the sense of urgency we’ve been waiting for
The negotiating table has shrunk and Biden scrapped the last two stops on his international trip as he works to close a deal. Plus: An oral arguments…
Biden and the Big 4 look to break debt limit stalemate
Plus: Homeland Security defends itself against criticism on Title 42 messaging and everything you need to know about a bill to solve the Black maternal…
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