Schumer: Democrats 'on track' to pass bipartisan deal, $3.5T budget

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said during a rare Sunday session that Democrats are “on track” to pass a bipartisan infrastructure agreement and a budget resolution that will tee up a separate $3.5 trilli…
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Ocasio-Cortez: 'More than enough' votes to prevent infrastructure from passing without reconciliation bill

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) said on Sunday that there would be “more than enough” votes to prevent a bipartisan infrastructure bill from passing the House without a massive companion spending bill tha…
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Latest surge may be tipping point for unvaccinated, NIH director says

The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis Collins, on Sunday said the current coronavirus surge, which is being driven by the highly transmissible delta variant, may be “the tipping point” for unvac…
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Fauci: Amount of virus in breakthrough delta cases 'almost identical' to unvaccinated

Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, on Sunday discussed new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data that showed the levels of coronavirus in breakthrough cases of the delta variant among…
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Wisconsin GOP quietly prepares Ron Johnson backup plans

Wisconsin Republicans are waiting anxiously for Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to make a decision on whether he will run for reelection and are quietly considering backup plans in case he doesn’t run.Johnson made nation…
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Ocasio-Cortez: Democrats can't blame GOP for end of eviction moratorium

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that Democrats cannot “in good faith blame the Republican Party” for the federal eviction moratorium expiring overnight because Democrats hold the majority in th…
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Fauci says 'things are going to get worse' as delta variant pushes surge

Chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned that “things are going to get worse” and that the U.S. will likely see more “pain and suffering” as the more infectious delta variant drives a surge in COVI…
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McCarthy jokes it'll be hard not to 'hit' Pelosi with gavel if he is Speaker

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) joked over the weekend that it would be hard for him not to hit Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calf.) with a gavel if the GOP wins control of the lower chamber in next year’s midte…
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Hundreds of staffers at two San Francisco hospitals test positive

At least 233 staffers at a pair of San Francisco hospitals have tested positive for COVID-19, the majority of whom were fully vaccinated but became infected with the delta variant.More than 50 cases we…
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New mask guidelines trigger backlash

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new mask guidance is spurring confusion and backlash as the country tries to respond to the shifting threat of the delta variant.Many public health experts cal…
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