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Disgraceful House Republicans Rescue Biden's Flailing Agenda — Just before midnight on Friday, we witnessed an utterly disgraceful act by a group of 13 House Republicans. Given the chance to deal a severe blow to President Biden's flailing agenda, they instead rescued him by providing Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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GOP erupts over its House members bailing out Biden — In Tuesday's election, Republicans served notice that the clock is ticking on Democrats' slim majorities in Congress. On Friday, 13 House Republicans delivered the decisive votes to rescue a key part of President Biden's agenda — an agenda endangered by those in his own party.
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The infrastructure Republicans — Some of the swing-district House Republicans who crossed party lines to help Democrats pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill told Axios they believe they can survive the political fallout from their own party — and that their vote strengthens …
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Patience, persistence pay off as Biden brings infrastructure package across finish line — Bipartisan deal would have ramifications for roads, bridges, ports, and broadband access across the entire country, delivering on a campaign promise. — Less than 10 months after taking office …


Roads, transit, internet: What's in the infrastructure bill — WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a $1 trillion bipartisan plan to rebuild roads and bridges, modernize public works systems and boost broadband internet, among other major improvements to the nation's infrastructure.
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The Congressional Black Caucus Was Key to the Infrastructure Vote — Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the chairwoman of the caucus, Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, to announce a key deal, understanding that the lawmaker had more influence at that point than she did.
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13 Republican Congressmen Save Pelosi, Biden on $1.2T Infrastructure Vote — Six Democrats voted against the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan (BIF) late Friday night, which should have killed the legislation. Instead, 13 Republicans rode to Nancy Pelosi's rescue and voted yes.
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13 Republicans under fire for breaking ranks on infrastructure bill
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House passes $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending it to Biden's desk
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House Passes Historic Infrastructure Bill in Win for Biden
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Statement by President Joe Biden on the House Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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It Smells Like House Democrats Have a Deal
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House Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Putting Social Policy Bill on Hold
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House passes bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill after progressives drop opposition
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House passes $555 billion infrastructure bill, sends legislation to Biden's desk
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‘Whole day was a clusterf—’: Dems overcome distrust to send infrastructure bill to Biden
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F.B.I. Searches James O'Keefe's Home in Ashley Biden Diary Theft Inquiry — Authorities carried out a court-ordered search at the New York apartment of the Project Veritas founder two days after searching the homes of his associates. — Federal authorities on Saturday searched the home of James O'Keefe …
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FBI and Southern District of New York Raid Project Veritas Journalists' Homes
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What is going on with Project Veritas and the FBI?
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Aaron Rodgers lashes out against NFL, ‘woke mob’ in defense of vaccination status — Decrying the “woke mob,” “cancel culture” and what he described as a “witch hunt” against him, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers vigorously defended his decision not to be vaccinated …
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9 Truths From Aaron Rodgers' Explosive Vaxx Interview You Aren't Allowed To Say — 'For the media out there taking shots at me, you don't know my story. Now you do. So quit lying about me.'
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'It's a walkout!' … BRADFORD, Pa. — Dustin Snyder was tired of the low wages, the 60-hour workweeks and the impossible-to-please customers, and so in early September the assistant general manager at a McDonald's here drafted a petition that laid bare months of building anger and frustration.


A spin doctor with ties to Russia allegedly fed the Steele dossier before fighting to discredit it — Charles Dolan Jr., a PR executive who cut his teeth in Democratic politics, provided anti-Trump information, according to the special counsel probing the Russia investigation
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Inside the Clinton dossier and the con behind the Russiagate scandal
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S.F. Supervisor Dean Preston invited YIMBYs to look at his housing record. They panned it. — In the middle of a city grappling with a major housing shortage sit 15 parcels of land now occupied by garbage-strewn parking lots, auto shops, a car wash and old government buildings.


Democrats Thought They Bottomed Out in Rural, White America. It Wasn't the Bottom. — Republicans ran up the margins in rural Virginia counties, the latest sign that Democrats, as one lawmaker put it, “continue to tank in small-town America.” — HOT SPRINGS, Va. — The increasingly liberal politics …
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Washington Post and HuffPost


Merrick Garland is caught in a pickle with Steve Bannon — (CNN)It's been 16 days since the Democratic-controlled House approved a contempt resolution against former Trump White House political Svengali Steve Bannon for his refusal to provide testimony to the January 6 committee.
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Trapped in a Pandemic Funk: Millions of Americans Can't Shake a Gloomy Outlook — Despite signals that the economy is improving and the virus is waning, many Americans said they were frustrated by polarized politics and a sense of stagnancy. — A year ago, Michael Macey …
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Political Wire


Terry McAuliffe's doom: Joe Biden and the price of eggs — “I have not seen any evidence that whether I am doing well or poorly, whether I have got my agenda passed or not, is going to have any real impact on winning or losing.” — So said President Joe Biden on the Monday before the Tuesday that proved how wrong he was.