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Inflation and worker shortage fuel push on immigration bills - Roll Call

Lawmakers are pointing to high inflation and critical labor shortages in a push for the Senate to take action soon on immigration bills.

Roll Call

Schumer announces Senate abortion rights vote: ‘America will be watching’ – as it happened

Senate to vote on legislation codifying abortion rights into federal law but measure has next to no chance of passing in divided chamber

The Guardian - US

GOP's move to stop debt relief backfires

The GOP's attack is a tacit acknowledgment that Biden appears to have the power to finally make good on his promise

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Loan forgiveness starting at $10,000

WASHINGTON — The White House is considering forgiving at least $10,000 in student loans per borrower through executive action, according to people familiar with the matter, with momentum increasing as President Joe Biden seeks ways to bolster voter enthusiasm ahead of the November midterms.

Tribune News Service

McConnell miscalculated Republican impeachment count against Trump, book says

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell thought the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol would finally vanquish former President Donald Trump, initially predicting that at least 17 Republican senators would vote to convict him in his impeachment trial, barring the former president from running again.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Biden says he's considering some student debt relief, but not $50,000

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden shot down speculation that he is open to canceling up to $50,000 in debt for federal student loan borrowers Thursday, after Democratic lawmakers in favor of forgiveness suggested he was moving in their direction.

Los Angeles Times

Joe Manchin would have caucused with GOP if McConnell weren’t leader, new book claims

’If you were leader I would do it,’ the West Virginia Democrat reportedly said to Sen John Thune about defecting to his party, according to an excerpt from This Will Not Shall Pass

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Mitch McConnell is least popular US senator while his chief whip is best liked, new survey reveals

The survey also finds Joe Manchin’s popularity soaring with Republican voters

The Independent UK

Biden scores points in Midwest with ethanol announcement - Roll Call

Corn-state lawmakers cheered the administration’s decision to allow year-round sale of gasoline with up to 15 percent ethanol content.

Roll Call

Biden to announce summer sales of 15 percent ethanol fuel blend

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will say Tuesday that the EPA will allow the sale this summer of gasoline with a higher percentage of ethanol than other fuels, senior administration officials said.

Tribune News Service

Biden to announce summer sales of 15 percent ethanol fuel blend - Roll Call

The EPA will allow the sale this summer of gasoline with a higher percentage of ethanol than other fuels, administration officials said.

Roll Call

Odds dimming for quick passage of $10 billion virus aid package

WASHINGTON — The week is still young. But prospects for getting a bipartisan supplemental aid package for pandemic response efforts to President Joe Biden's desk before a two-week recess seem increasingly remote.

Tribune News Service

Omnibus talks appear on track; House vote expected Wednesday

WASHINGTON — Top appropriators and congressional leaders are aiming to wrap up omnibus negotiations in time to file the massive spending package in the House as soon as Tuesday, vote on it in that chamber Wednesday and get it through the Senate before Friday at midnight when stopgap funding expires.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine aid growing as lawmakers shape big budget bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says proposed U.S. aid for Ukraine and its European allies has grown beyond $12 billion

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Omnibus talks appear on track; House vote expected Wednesday - Roll Call

Top appropriators and congressional leaders are aiming to wrap up omnibus negotiations so lawmakers can vote this week.

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28 U.S. Senators running for re-election, 6 retiring

With Sens. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wis.) and John Thune’s (R-S.D.) recent announcements that they will seek re-election, all incumbent senators up for re-election in 2022 have made their decisions. Twenty-eight senators are seeking re-election—15 Republicans and 13 Democrats. Six senators are retiring—five Republicans and one Democrat. This is the highest number…

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