Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Wednesday pumped the brakes on negotiations with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) over a budget reconciliation bill, warning that it "needs to be scrubbed much better" after a new report showed that inflation hit 9.1 percent in June. Manchin told reporters Wednesday he's not sure if he can agree to anything beyond the prescription drug reform component of the bill, which has already been sent to the Senate parliamentarian's office and has the support of all 50 members of the Democratic caucus. "We know what we can pass is basically the drug pricing, OK, on Medicare," he told reporters. "Is there any more we can do? I don't know, but I am very, very cautious." "And I'm going to make sure that I have every input on scrubbing everything humanly possible that could be considered inflammatory," he said. He said that "deficit reduction is going to be 50 percent" of the new revenue gained from prescription drug savings and tax reforms, such as a 3.8 percent tax on wealthy individuals and couples who earn more than $400,000 or $500,000, respectively, from pass-through businesses. Read more. |
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📈 Five takeaways from the stunning inflation numbers |
Consumer inflation is still shooting upward despite interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and a host of policy responses from lawmakers over the past several months aimed at fixing supply chains. |
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💵 New proposed rule could transform student loan interest |
A new rule proposed by the Education Department could transform the way student loan interest is capitalized, possibly saving borrowers thousands.
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🇮🇱 Biden dismisses Democrats critical of Israel |
President Biden dismissed members of his party who've been critical of Israel, telling an Israeli news station that those lawmakers are "wrong." |
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👨⚕️ HHS: Pharmacists can't deny patients legal abortion drugs
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The Biden administration says retail pharmacies and pharmacists must provide patients with the medication they were legally prescribed even if it could be used in an abortion. |
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📉 Support for Biden reelection bid at record low: poll |
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say President Biden should not run for a second presidential term, new polling shows. |
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📼 Uvalde mayor: Release of surveillance video is 'chicken things' |
Uvalde, Texas Mayor Don McLaughlin slammed local media for releasing surveillance footage of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in May, calling the decision to publicize the video before parents could see it "one of the most chicken things I've ever seen." |
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🚨 Man charged in rape of 10-year-old who was denied abortion: report |
A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl who received national attention for not being able to obtain an abortion in Ohio following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, according to a report by the Columbus Dispatch. |
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🐘 House Republican campaign arm raises $34M in second quarter
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The National Republican Congressional Committee announced that it raised more than $34 million during the second quarter of the year, including $16.5 million in June. |
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🏛️ First statue of Black American unveiled in National Statuary Hall
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For the first time ever, the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall collection features a Black American.
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🍑 Graham seeks to quash grand jury subpoena in Georgia probe
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is asking a federal court to quash a grand jury subpoena for his testimony in the Fulton County district attorney's investigation into former President Trump's efforts to undermine Georgia's election results.
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💸 Bank of America economists expecting mild recession this year
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🏈 Lawyer: House has 'no legitimate need' to subpoena team owner
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The legal counsel for Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder said in a letter that the House Oversight and Reform Committee has "no legitimate need" to issue a subpoena toward her client in order for him to testify on the allegation of workplace misconduct and sexual harassment against his team. |
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📊 Most in new poll say US government needs major reforms, overhaul
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🏘️ Lawmakers, experts squabble over what's driving up housing costs
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Members of the House Ways and Means Committee agree that America is facing a housing crisis, but found little consensus on why, or what to do about it. |
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🐊 Newsom calls out DeSantis spokesperson over 'groomers' claim |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called out a spokesperson for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a speech on Wednesday, referencing comments she made earlier this year suggesting opponents of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill were "groomers."
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🛒 Buffalo supermarket to reopen after deadly attack |
The Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., will be reopening this Friday, just over two months after 10 people were killed in a mass shooting there.
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What do the images from NASA's Webb telescope tell us? |
"The Webb telescope achieves unprecedented sensitivity to the faint galaxies that produced the first light during the dark ages of the universe, hundreds of millions of years after the Big Bang," writes Avi Loeb, head of Harvard's Galileo Project, a systematic scientific search for evidence of extraterrestrial technological artifacts.
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