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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Biden proposes $6 trillion budget

by Andrew Taylor Associated PressMay 27, 2021

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people designed to pay for his ambitious spending…

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Austin wins Senate confirmation as 1st Black Pentagon chief

by Robert Burns Associated Press, and Andrew Taylor Associated PressJanuary 23, 2021

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Congress seals agreement on COVID relief, government funding

by Andrew Taylor Associated PressDecember 20, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., removes his face mask as he arrives with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and John Thune, R-S.D., right, for a news conference with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (Rod Lamkey/Pool via AP)

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Congress averts shutdown; fight continues over pandemic aid

by Andrew Taylor Associated PressDecember 19, 2020

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Negotiators near agreement on COVID-19 aid bill

by Andrew Taylor Associated PressDecember 16, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a news conference following a weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus, Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington.

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Congress averts shutdown, buys time for more COVID-19 talks

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Andrew Taylor Associated PressDecember 11, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Biden, top Dems back bipartisan virus aid bill

by Andrew Taylor Associated PressDecember 2, 2020

Neera Tanden, president of Center for American Progress, speaks during an introduction for New Start New Jersey at NJIT in Newark, NJ, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, led by campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield. Tanden will be director of the Office of Management and Budget, according to a person familiar with the transition process granted anonymity to speak freely about internal...

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Biden picks all-female senior White House press team

by Alexandra Jaffe Associated Press, and Andrew Taylor Associated PressNovember 29, 2020

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Federal Reserve, Judy Shelton, appears before the Senate Banking Committee for a confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump's controversial nominee to the Federal Reserve is facing a razor-close vote in Congress. The Senate is voting Tuesday on the nomination of Judy Shelton to join the Federal Reserve's powerful board of governors. Shelton is an unusually caustic critic of...

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Controversial Fed nominee Shelton stalls in Senate test vote

by Andrew Taylor Associated Press, and Christopher Rugaber Associated PressNovember 17, 2020

The White House is seen in Washington, early Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, the morning after President Donald Trump returned from the hospital where he was treated for COVID-19. Traffic moves along K Street NW as TV crews set up in Black Lives Matter Plaza. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks

by Aamer Madhani Associated Press, and Andrew Taylor Associated PressOctober 6, 2020