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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Biden’s dilemma: Satisfying Manchin risks others’ support

by Matthew Daly Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressOctober 18, 2021

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber for a test vote on a government spending bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday.

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GOP blocks bill to avoid shutdown

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressSeptember 27, 2021

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters as she welcomes Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee aid but Republicans in the Senate are expected to block the measure.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Biden, Democrats meet over $3.5T plan

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Kevin Freking Associated PressSeptember 22, 2021

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., left, joined by Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, the ranking member of Appropriations, appear before the House Rules Committee as they field questions about the politics of the federal debt, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Kevin Freking Associated PressSeptember 21, 2021

FILE - In this June 13, 2019, file photo a dentist smooths out the edges of new 3D printed dentures in Huntsville, Texas. Dental work for Medicare recipients. An end to sky’s-the-limit pricing on prescription drugs. Coverage for low-income people locked out of Medicaid because of political battles. Those are just some of the changes to health care that Democrats want to achieve with President Joe Biden’s massive “Build Back Better” plan. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

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Democrats push to retool health care for millions

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressSeptember 19, 2021

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., presides over a markup hearing Thursday to craft the Democrats’ Build Back Better Act, massive legislation that is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington.

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Democrats eye tax hikes on the wealthy, corporations for $3.5T plan

by Hope Yen Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressSeptember 13, 2021

Mary Taboniar, a housekeeper at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in Honolulu, looks over bills at her home in Waipahu, Hawaii, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. Taboniar went 15 months without a paycheck, thanks to the COVID pandemic. The single mother of two saw her income completely vanish as the virus devastated the hospitality industry. Taboniar is one of millions of Americans for whom Labor Day 2021 represents a perilous crossroads. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

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Two COVID safety net anchors ending

by Ashraf Khalil Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressSeptember 5, 2021

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves the chamber after urging advancement of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named for the late Georgia congressman who made the issue a defining one of his career, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House OKs $3.5T Biden blueprint

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Kevin Freking Associated PressAugust 24, 2021

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. walks off the Senate floor and pumps his fists as the Senate approves a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending a cornerstone of the Biden agenda to the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Big win for $1T infrastructure bill: Senate shows it can act

by Lisa Mascaro Associated PressAugust 10, 2021

Abbas Alawieh, chief of staff for Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., takes a drink of water after sitting on the steps of Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Bush has been camped outside the U.S. Capitol in protest of the eviction moratorium lapse, since the weekend.(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

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CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3

by Josh Boak Associated Press, Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Jonathan Lemire Associated PressAugust 3, 2021