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Treasury Secretary Yellen sets new debt ceiling deadline of Dec. 15

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House to vote on censuring Gosar over violent video

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at the Capitol building on Oct. 28, 2021.

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McCarthy tries to tamp down Republican infighting over infrastructure bill

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Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier announces she will not run for re-election

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Sen. Patrick Leahy announces he won't run for re-election

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Schiff says Jan. 6 committee preparing to refer Meadows for criminal contempt charges

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at the Capitol on Nov. 2, 2021.

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Schumer tees up timeline for Senate through the end of the year

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As criticism of GOP backers of infrastructure bill grows louder, McCarthy stays quiet

Major James A. Ellison, left, returns the salute of Mac Ross of Dayton, Ohio, as he inspects the cadets at the Basic and Advanced Flying School for Black United States Army Air Corps cadets at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala., in Jan. 23, 1942.

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New bill would provide GI Bill benefits to descendants of Black WW II vets

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at the Capitol on Nov. 5, 2021.

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Congress

To get the infrastructure bill passed, House Democrats went looking for trust

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., attends a meeting in Washington on Jan. 29, 2019.

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Democrats move to censure GOP Rep. Paul Gosar over violent anime video

Image: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., leaves the chamber after a vote, at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 3, 2021.

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Manchin repeats worries about inflation amid final social spending bill battle

Image: Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., at a news conference at the Capitol on May 9, 2018.

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GOP Rep. Upton releases death threat voicemail over infrastructure bill support

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Politics News

Voting with Biden leads to calls for punishment from House GOP

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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Stephen Miller, Kayleigh McEnany and other top ex-Trump aides

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Tech News

Activists eye state antitrust laws to curtail Big Tech's power

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Centrist Democrats now hold the cards as infrastructure bill heads to Biden's desk

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Latino

Family who lost federal benefits for living in Puerto Rico looks to Supreme Court

Congress

Nearly a dozen House Democrats won't run for re-election, signaling midterm fears

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House passes $555 billion infrastructure bill, sends legislation to Biden's desk

Image: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol building on Nov. 4, 2021.

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Democrats clear procedural hurdle for Biden's $1.75 trillion social spending bill

Image: Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Thompson (D-MS) listens as DHS Secretary Nielsen testifies on border security on Capitol Hill in Washington

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Jan. 6 panel chair slams ex-Trump DOJ official for refusing to answer questions at deposition

President Joe Biden participates virtually in the U.S.-ASEAN Summit from the White House on Oct. 26, 2021.

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Biden works the phones as House Democrats eye Friday votes on his two big bills

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Judge seems skeptical of Trump request to block House committee from Jan. 6 documents

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Pelosi touts new tax revenue estimate for $1.75T social safety net bill

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks before a vote on Capitol Hill on Oct. 19, 2021.

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Congress

Jan. 6 committee has interviewed more than 150 people so far, Liz Cheney says

Image: Rahm Emanuel during a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Oct. 20, 2021.

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Rahm Emanuel's nomination to be ambassador to Japan advances despite opposition from 2 Democrats

Families, parents, and caregivers rally on Capitol Hill to call on Congress to include paid family and medical leave in the Build Back Better legislative package on Nov. 2, 2021.

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House Dems add paid family leave back to $1.75T bill on heels of grim Election Day

President Joe Biden speaks at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021.

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An electoral thumping boosts Democrats' urgency to pass Biden's agenda

Image: Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe departs after speaking during his election night event at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner on Nov. 2, 2021 in McLean, Va.

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Elections

Elections are a warning shot for Democrats. Will they heed it?

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Schumer announces deal on prescription drug pricing, a key obstacle to mega-bill

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's not vaccinated, rips 'vaccine Nazis'