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Month: December 2021

COVID-19 fears dash hopes for the holiday season — again

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, JENNIFER PELTZ and ALI SWENSON Associated Press This year’s holiday season was supposed to be a do-over for last year’s subdued celebrations. Instead it’s turning into a redux of restrictions, cancellations and rising angst over the never-ending pandemic. Lines again stretch around blocks at some COVID-19 testing sites. Refrigerated mobile morgues are

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Senate parliamentarian rejects Democrats’ third attempt to include immigration in economic bill

By Daniella Diaz and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Senate parliamentarian on Thursday rejected Democrats’ third attempt to include immigration in President Joe Biden’s economic bill, delivering a major blow to Democrats who have repeatedly sought to include immigration provisions in the Build Back Better bill. It’s the latest hit to the Biden administration’s immigration agenda

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‘A 50-50 Senate sucks’: Dejected Democrats fret over agenda failure amid grim 2022 outlook

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent Anger is growing in Democratic ranks over the failure to get President Joe Biden’s sweeping agenda through this year despite unified control of Congress, with their party already bracing for what could be a brutal Election Day in next November’s midterms. Major issues they promised to deliver on, such

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