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Unsanitized: Miracle on Pennsylvania Avenue
12 Dec 2020 … Congress, after nine months of dithering, passed a COVID relief bill, attached to a year-end omnibus that funds the government until next September. Into all this walks Donald Trump. Continue reading
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Janet Yellen: A Popular Choice
11 Nov 2020 … Janet Yellen’s expected nomination is yet another Biden pick that emphasizes stability and a return to a government to which Americans had become accustomed before Trump’s election. Continue reading
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Unsanitized: No Double Dip Recession for the Millions in Depression
11 Nov 2020 … The pandemic has supercharged inequality. Millions of people suffering aren’t just getting the cold shoulder from Congress; they’re about to get dumped off the “COVID cliff” — a number of relief policies that expire at the end of December. Continue reading
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Unsanitized: Crawling Toward a Deal on COVID Relief
12 Dec 2020 … This article is adapted from Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report put out by The American Prospect. You can find the original publication here. First Response All the momentum for a year-end COVID relief deal made contact with reality yesterday, and in today’s Washington that Continue reading
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Unsanitized: Mnuchin Mothballs the Money Cannon, and I Feel Fine
11 Nov 2020 … There were pretty strong hints that Republicans were disinterested in continuing the CARES Act’s Federal Reserve lending facilities after it technically expires at the end of the year. The deadline could be extended, but Treasury would have to agree to Continue reading
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Here’s What Students Think Biden Needs to Do in His First 100 Days
1 Jan 2021 … From reimagining the Postal Service to combating climate change to reforming OIRA, students across the country told us what they think Biden’s top priority should be. Continue reading
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Primary Favorite Pete Buttigieg Steps Forward
12 Dec 2020 … Joe Biden continues to move forward with his administration, naming former rival Pete Buttigieg for Secretary of Transportation. Continue reading
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CBO Report: Obamacare Will Make Us More Free
2 Feb 2014 … It's the real takeaway from those projections that have everyone buzzing. Continue reading
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David Ho: HIV Researcher
3 Mar 2003 … Since arriving in America from Taiwan at the age of 12, Dr. David Ho has become a world-renowned scientist. His research in the fight against HIV/AIDS earned him honors as Time magazine's Man of the Year. In this program, Bill Continue reading
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Men in Black?
9 Sep 2020 … Trump visited Kenosha to change the subject from coronavirus and the stumbling economy to the idea that somehow the unrest in cities is the fault of Democrats, and to hammer home his message that he will be the candidate of Continue reading