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  • Nancy PelosiPolitics

    House approves Inflation Reduction Act, giving Biden a back-from-the-dead triumph on climate, health care and economy

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on his way to his Rehoboth Beach, Del., home after his most recent COVID-19 isolation, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Politics

    Senate Democrats approve big Biden deal; House, poised to deliver, will vote next: ‘It’s been a long, tough, and winding road, but at last, at last we have arrived’

    By Alan Fram, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks during a news conference Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at the Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)Politics

    Senate parliamentarian OKs most of Dems’ drug price controls. ‘We are one step closer to finally taking on Big Pharma,’ Schumer says

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • Sen. Joe Manchin.Politics

    Sen. Manchin unexpectedly agrees to a health, energy, and tax deal with Democrats

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • Congress gun reform billPolitics

    Congress has just passed the most significant gun violence bill in decades

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • Laid out near the U.S. Capitol are 2,280 schoolbooks and broken pencils that represent the 2,280 children that have been killed by gun violence since the Senate has refused to bring a vote on background checks, during a rally in Washington, Friday, June 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Politics

    Senate negotiators announce deal that could be ‘the most significant gun safety legislation to pass Congress in decades,’ Biden says

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • President Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden to ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to help Ukraine fight Russia

    By Aamer Madhani, Alan Fram, and others
  • From left, European Union Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., German Ambassador Emily Haber, and Lithuanian Ambassador Audra Plepyte join other diplomats to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Senate gives final approval to Ukraine aid, huge budget bill

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • Speaker of the House Nancy PelosiPolitics

    Democrats drop COVID-19 funds from $1.5 trillion package, clearing path to approve aid for Ukraine

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 23: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the economy during an event at the South Court Auditorium at Eisenhower Executive Office Building on November 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden announced the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve of the Department of Energy to combat high energy prices which are at a seven-year high across the nation prior to the holiday travel season. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Politics

    Biden’s $2 trillion spending bill faces 5 hurdles in the Senate—not just Joe Manchin

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • House Speaker Nancy PelosiPolitics

    Deeply divided House passes Biden’s $1.75 trillion social and climate spending bill

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • The climate bill is moving closer to a vote.Politics

    House moves toward approving Democrats’ sweeping climate and social bill

    By Alan Fram and The Associated Press
  • House Prepares To Vote On Infrastructure And Spending BillsPolitics

    Congress passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill

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  • The U.S. CapitolPolitics

    Democrats aim for last-minute House votes amid final budget concerns over Biden agenda

    By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, and others
  • U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event for Terry McAuliffe, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. McAuliffe, a former Virginia governor is locked in a dead heat with Glenn Youngkin, a former co-chief executive officer ofCarlyle Group Inc., ahead of next week’s election. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Biden’s big spending bill is racing to the finish line at $1.75 trillion—half its original size

    By Lisa Mascaro, Aamer Madhani, and others