Biden's funding wish list quickly runs into headwinds as Republicans slam it as 'completely unserious' and 'a roadmap to fiscal ruin'

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives to speak with journalists after winning the House Speaker nomination at a House GOP leadership meeting on Capitol Hill on November 15, 2022. Walking behind McCarthy are House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Republican Conference chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.

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Biden is once again pushing to give all US workers paid parental leave— and he wants their kids to have free universal preschool, too

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Biden wants to 'better support' student-loan borrowers who are returning to repayment. It's further confirmation the payment pause will end this year.

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President Joe Biden.

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Giving babies $1,000 at birth is an 'unprecedented opportunity for financial security,' Ayanna Pressley and Cory Booker say

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Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Ayanna Pressley.

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3 reasons why a major student-loan lender thinks millions of borrowers should be thrown back into repayment, with or without debt relief

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126 Democratic lawmakers reaffirm to Biden that they think his student-loan forgiveness plan is legal — and they 'expect the legal challenges to the plan will fail'

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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers remarks during a protest in support of student debt cancellation as the Supreme Court begins oral arguments outside of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday February 28, 2023.

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2.6 million Americans could lose their jobs if the GOP cuts spending in a debt ceiling deal, a new report says

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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Elizabeth Warren asks Fed Chair Powell to 'speak directly' to the people he's 'planning to get fired over the next year' by continuing to hike interest rates

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren questions Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig during a Senate Finance Committee hearing June 8, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act, at the Hart Senate Office Building on September 28, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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If you want to balance the budget without raising taxes or cutting defense, Social Security, and Medicare, you'd probably have to fire nearly every park ranger and cut 70% of anti-poverty spending

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during a weekly Capitol Hill press conference on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.

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A major student-loan lender is putting millions of borrowers 'at serious risk of financial harm' by filing a lawsuit to end the payment pause, Biden's Education Department says

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President Joe Biden.

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