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Infrastructure bill: What’s in and out and who almost sank it
August 5, 2021GOP “poison pill” almost killed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
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Pelosi kills Medicare For All bill for lack of votes
August 5, 2021“I don’t want my members to walk a plank on a vote that we ain’t gonna win.”
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CDC issues new eviction ban for most of U.S. through Oct. 3
August 4, 2021The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new eviction moratorium that would last until Oct. 3, as the Biden administration sought to quell intensifying criticism from progressives that it was allowing vulnerable renters to...
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Empowering communities key to public safety in Chicago
August 4, 2021Community control of the police is a prerequisite to making the streets safe for the people.
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In 114-degree heat farmworkers are still at work
August 4, 2021In a field near Arvin, at the southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, dozens of workers arrive at 5:30 in the morning. It's already over 80 degrees, and by midafternoon the temperature will top 114...
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