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Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi clash over handing the rich a massive tax cut in Biden's spending bill
Some Democrats are frustrated with efforts to reverse a Trump-era tax hike on the rich. One Dem sen…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Gen Zers and millennials are skipping the doctor's office because they can't afford the bills
About two-thirds of Gen Zers and millennials avoided medical appointments last year because of high…
Allie Kelly
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How to know if you're an ALICE: You're barely paying your bills but don't qualify for government assistance
ALICE families look differently depending on their circumstances. They could live off $130,000 for…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower,J…
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Bernie Sanders blasts Joe Manchin over Build Back Better opposition: 'He's going to have a lot of explaining to do to the people of West Virginia'
"Mr. Manchin says he's representing the people of West Virginia. Why don't you do a poll? ... I tol…
John L. Dorman,Joseph Zeballo…
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Sen. Joe Manchin's $1.8 trillion social spending offer is seemingly no longer in play after breakdown in talks with Biden White House: report
In private, Manchin has said that he won't back legislation modeled after the Build Back Better Act…
John L. Dorman
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A single mom who made $55,000 last year working 3 jobs says she's struggling to pay the bills but doesn't qualify for SNAP or affordable health insurance
A single mom who made $55,000 last year across three jobs says she can't pay the bills and doesn't …
Jacob Zinkula
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A boomer gets just $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver: 'I don't see myself being able to retire, but I'm grateful and healthy'
Emma Echols, 68, gets $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver, worrying she can…
Noah Sheidlower
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Biden signs $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law, locking in a victory that escaped Trump as social spending bill struggles to cross the finish line
The infrastructure measure is poised to pump money into fixing roads and bridges. Trump is bashing …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Pelosi barrels ahead with chaotic House vote on Biden's infrastructure bill, setting up showdown with progressives threatening to sink it
The chaotic scramble from House Democrats threatened to deal another setback to Biden and Pelosi af…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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An electoral wipeout in Virginia has Democrats scrambling to deliver on Biden's $3 trillion economic agenda: 'We blew the timing'
"We got majorities in both houses, so people want us to deliver," Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia told I…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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5 ways to lower your portfolio's tax bill as government debt bites, BofA says
The end-game to America's $34 trillion pile of debt is either higher taxes or higher inflation. Her…
Matthew Fox
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House Democrats trashed McCarthy's 'rambling' and 'unhinged' speech to obstruct Biden social spending bill
"Raising a young child, my six year old knows better than to behave like this especially in front o…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Biden has a new spending plan he thinks all Dems will support, potentially ending months of gridlock, reports say
President Joe Biden has a new plan for the social-spending bill that he thinks will gain centrist D…
Mia Jankowicz
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We live in Hong Kong and are returning to the US to retire. We don't have a credit score and our Social Security is minimal.
After spending most of our lives in Hong Kong, we don't have a credit score in the US. We are calc…
Peter Maize
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Biden in his campaign promised more family and medical leave for workers. Now Democrats are said to be stripping the benefits from his signature social-spending package.
President Joe Biden's social-spending bill keeps getting smaller as the centrist Sens. Joe Manchin …
Jake Epstein,Juliana Kaplan
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Houston's basic-income participants plan to spend the $500 a month on rent and groceries but the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the program
Some Houston residents are set to start getting $500 a month in basic income for housing and grocer…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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Manchin doesn't think Democrats will reach a deal on a social-spending bill 'anytime soon'
Democrats have been trying to reach an agreement on a reconciliation bill this week that would appe…
Jake Epstein,Ayelet Sheffey
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Manchin is putting Biden's child tax credit on the chopping block, digging in on who should qualify
Democrats may have to slash the number of families who qualify for the direct payments to satisfy J…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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AOC calls for Schumer to 'force a vote' on stalled social spending bill amid Manchin opposition: 'We need to act now'
"People want to 'but Manchin' everyone to death, but learned helplessness is not a disposition that…
Bryan Metzger,Joseph Zeballos…
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Some people are being given thousands of dollars with no strings attached in universal basic income trials. They mostly spend the cash wisely.
A common question about universal basic income, or UBI, is how people spend the money, but early tr…