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The new proposal from a group of 176 House Republicans would raise the retirement age for Social Security and Medicare, ban free school meals for students, cut spending on food aid, and weaken environmental protections. (Photo via Shutterstock) Full story → ![]()
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While Ticketmaster and SeatGeek have agreed to institute more transparency when it comes to ticket sales, some anti-monopoly advocates think the answer is “breaking up” these companies altogether. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) Full story → ![]()
A new report finds that the Inflation Reduction Act will dramatically lower the cost of solar and wind energy projects, create millions of new jobs, and offer wind and solar developers an “airtight business case” to use American manufactured parts and pay workers fair wages. (Photo via Shutterstock) Full story → ![]()
FILE – Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The Democratic president and Republican congressional leader have each tried to assure the public in recent weeks that they don’t want the government of the world’s largest economy to default. But President Joe Biden has resisted McCarthy’s calls for negotiations, while McCarthy is pushing a plan that can’t pass the Democratic-majority Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Full story → ![]()
Participants of the 2023 Rural Policy Action Summit spoke about how to expand resources for those in rural communities, how to address market concentration and monopoly power, and how to expand access to reproductive health care, among other topics. (Photo by Brandon Byrd) Full story → ![]()
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., holds an event to mark 100 days of the Republican majority in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2023. McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority as he labors to pass a partisan package that would raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep cuts that some in his own party oppose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Full story → ![]()
House Republicans have spent their first 100 days in power conducting needless and conspiracy-fueled investigations and discussing plans to cut social programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food assistance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Full story → ![]()
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