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Biden pushes to get Democrats over finish line on spending package
AFP, Published on 25/10/2021
» NEWARK (UNITED STATES) - Joe Biden kicks off a make-or-break week for his presidency and the Democratic Party's wider fortunes Monday with a New Jersey speech pitching his troubled domestic spending package.
US government shutdown averted hours before deadline
AFP, Published on 01/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - US Congress approved a stopgap funding bill Thursday in a rare show of cross-party unity to avert a crippling government shutdown, as Democratic leaders struggle to overcome fierce infighting over President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
Oval Office talks and ice cream: Biden tries it all to save agenda
AFP, Published on 30/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - He's tried everything from Oval Office sitdowns to delivering ice cream, but nothing so far has been enough for Joe Biden to get his Democratic party in line -- or save his presidency from the threat of dramatic failure.
US Democrats unveil plans to suspend debt limit
AFP, Published on 21/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - Democratic congressional leaders on Monday unveiled plans to suspend the nation's borrowing limit, following a White House warning of "economic catastrophe" unless that ceiling is raised.
The mantra of never complain, never explain
News, Maureen Dowd, Published on 20/09/2021
» What ever happened to the good old-fashioned art of "owning it?"
Win for Biden as Senate passes massive infrastructure bill
AFP, Published on 11/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden hailed the Senate passage Tuesday of a "historic" $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, celebrating a major bipartisan win on a plan he vowed would "transform America."
Victoria Kennedy shares valuable tips on getting clients with media attention
Published on 22/05/2021
» A business grows with visibility because it attracts prospective clients.
Free fall
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 22/03/2021
» Yangon is burning: Plumes of smoke rose into the skyline in the north of the city every day last week. Large parts of Myanmar's biggest city and main commercial centre resembled a battle zone after the military junta imposed martial law in several neighbourhoods.
$15 Minimum Wage Would Cut Jobs, Reduce Poverty, CBO Study Finds
Business, Published on 10/02/2021
» Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 could deliver raises for 27 million workers and lift 900,000 Americans above the poverty threshold -- but the policy would cost 1.4 million Americans their jobs over the next four years, according to a study released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Monday.
Republican Covid relief plan excludes Biden priorities
AFP, Published on 02/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden met Monday with a group of Republican senators who are pushing an alternative to his massive Covid-19 relief plan, but no agreement was reached.