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A vulnerable Senate Democrat pilloried Biden's $10,000 student-loan forgiveness plan unless it's paired with bigger reforms
"Across the board cancellation of college debt does nothing to address the absurd cost of college o…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Ayelet Sheffey
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Don't do your taxes yet. Parents and businesses could benefit from last-minute changes in Congress.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is considering bringing the expanded Child Tax Credit back, along w…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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Michael Bennet demonstrates his go-to piquant tuna sandwich recipe after chatting with cookbook author Mark Bittman
Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet credits food writer Mark Bittman for rescuing him from eating proces…
Warren Rojas
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4 reasons Congress should permanently expand $300 monthly child tax credits, according to more than 400 economists
Democrats are clashing over how to include the Biden benefit in their $3.5 trillion social spending…
Ayelet Sheffey,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Almost half of kids in the US lived in poverty for at least 2 full months between 2013 and 2016
Not only were 44% of children in poverty for 2 months in a row, but kids were more likely than any …
Ayelet Sheffey
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RESULTS: Colorado held congressional and statewide primary elections
Colorado held crucial Republican primaries for several of its congressional districts — and f…
Grace Panetta
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Most Americans don't want the government to send checks to families forever, survey finds
A Morning Consult/Politico survey found that while 54% of voters support $300-per-child monthly pay…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A Nevada man reportedly waited 7 months to get unemployment benefits, but he was evicted and died months later
A new report from Bloomberg Businessweek profiles a worker who applied for benefits in May 2020, go…
Juliana Kaplan
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Kevin McCarthy mistakenly attributes a 19-year-old's poster promoting the child tax credit to the IRS
The House Minority Leader blamed the IRS for wasting taxpayer dollars but he was citing a poster ma…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Another government shutdown is looming. Here's what needs to happen so Americans don't face the consequences.
The government shutdown fight isn't over. Congress has another 46 days to find a funding solution, …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Elizabeth Warren says the GOP infrastructure plan is not a 'serious' counteroffer and leaves out women
The GOP unveiled a $928 billion infrastructure counteroffer today, which Massachusetts Sen. Elizabe…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's new plan pledges unemployment reform, but doesn't put money behind it
The American Families Plan lacks specifics on overhauling unemployment benefits and doesn't elabora…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Most of the Democrats in the Senate are trying to make the expanded child tax credit permanent
Biden's stimulus is sending checks to American parents for a year, which should cut child poverty i…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Sen. Michael Bennet pushes back against Joe Manchin, saying the US shouldn't be 'punishing workers' by cutting off monthly checks to parents
Manchin wants families to prove they have taxable earnings with a W-2. Some experts say that could …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Live Results: Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado defeats Republican Joe O'Dea in a race the GOP was optimistic about
Incumbent Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet defeated his GOP challenger after the state emerged as a sur…
Warren Rojas
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Vulnerable Democrats are floating quick fixes in hopes of avoiding a November shellacking
Vulnerable Democrats up for reelection are floating ideas like enacting a temporary gas tax holiday…
Warren Rojas
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Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, a low-key moderate who once ran for president, faces off against first-timer Joe O'Dea in a surprise battleground
Sen. Michael Bennet, the Centennial State's senior senator, faces newly-minted Republican Joe O'Dea…
Warren Rojas
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Biden wants to bring back sending monthly checks to parents and make the program permanent
In 2021, parents could receive up to $3,600 from the American Rescue Plan's expanded Child Tax Cred…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon slams Biden's student-loan forgiveness as 'badly done' and 'didn't fix the problem which will now be ongoing'
"I wish they had targeted the people who actually needed help," the bank's CEO told lawmakers of Bi…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Renter activists crashed a DC landlords conference to protest 'corrupt greed' and rising rents
More than 100 tenant activists ambushed a national gathering of corporate landlords chanting "down …