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Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) says that it’s worth Democrats passing the party’s spending bill and climate change legislation even if Democrats lose the House in next year’s midterm elections.
President Joe Biden defended his administration’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for businesses, saying that they will be good for the economy as a whole and not lead to worker shortages.
The mandate applies to businesses with at least 100 employees and will go into effect on January 4, according to the Department of Labor (DOL).
Jobless claims have risen for the third consecutive week after millions lost their federal pandemic unemployment benefits, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department.
Seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance are at 362,000 in the week ending Sept. 25. That’s 11,000 more applications than the previous week.
In a letter to lawmakers this morning, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the United States has just three weeks before it defaults on its debts.
“We now estimate that Treasury is likely to exhaust its extraordinary measures if Congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by October 18. At that point, we expect Treasury would be left with very limited resources that would be depleted quickly,” Yellen wrote.
The Biden administration announced it will ease travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign travelers in November.
According to White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients, all foreign visitors must be fully vaccinated and must show proof of vaccination before boarding flights bound for the United States. They will also be required to provide a negative test no later than 72 hours prior to flying. Travelers who meet all these requirements will not need to quarantine.
Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives.
They hold a narrow majority in the Senate.
They have the White House.
And up until last week, they actually believed they could make common cause with republicans for the good of the republic.
President Joe Biden‘s administration has extended the nationwide eviction moratorium for another 30 days in a bid to help tenants who’ve been unable to make their rent payments due to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the top of the docket for the president was a “Building Back Better” plan for the world. This is Biden's first G7 summit as president.
According to the latest report from the Department of Labor (DOL), the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000 as the nation’s economic recovery continues. Unemployment applications declined 38,000 from 444,000 a week earlier.
The number of jobless claimed reached a new pandemic low as fewer people are losing their jobs and more job openings are being filled.
Treasury Secretary defended President Joe Biden‘s spending plans on infrastructure, education, and jobs, saying that the plans are necessary in order to keep the United States competitive and will yield “big returns.”
Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) have announced legislation that would set minimum federal standards for unemployment benefits nationwide. The legislation also includes a stipulation that unemployment benefits will receive an extra boost when unemployment is high.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will make the case for a global minimum tax rate to raise revenue in the United States as well as stop companies from shifting their profits overseas, a move that enables them to evade paying taxes.
Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) called on President Joe Biden to fire two Trump-appointed Social Security Administration officials––SSA Commissioner Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black––after House Democrats accused them of “sabotaging” the effort to distribute direct coronavirus relief payments to tens of millions of seniors and people with disabilities.
Speaking to The Washington Post, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said only 0.1% of Covid-19 relief funds the Trump administration set aside for farmers went to Black farmers, aggravating existing economic gaps.
A group of Republican attorneys general has threatened legal action against President Joe Biden’s administration over the American Rescue Plan, a historic $1.9 trillion stimulus package that was last week signed into law to address the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. They argue the stimulus package is unconstitutional and example of government overreach. They take particular issue with the $350 billion in the measure that went to states and counties to help them offset the costs of handling the pandemic.
Fox News personality Tomi Lahren said President Joe Biden‘s administration’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package amounts to little more than “blue state bailouts.”
“It is so blatantly obvious what’s going on, piss poor leaders have been champing at the bit to pass off their blue state bailouts as ‘COVID Relief,’ she said.
The House of Representatives is moving toward final approval of the Covid-19 stimulus package in what would mark President Joe Biden‘s first legislative victory since taking office. The House had a two-hour morning debate earlier today ahead of a final vote on the bill.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that a family of four making less than $150,000 with school-age kids would get $8,200 in stimulus cash and tax credits.
Republicans have been lying about the Biden stimulus. The majority of the stimulus money goes to help individuals in the middle class and below.