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Explainer: What is the U.S. Senate’s ‘budget reconciliation’ process?
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed President Joe Biden's ambitious $1.75 trillion social policy and climate bill, the action moves to the Se...
Nov 19, 2021
Factbox: Highlights of the Arbery murder trial
(Reuters) - Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed while, prosecutors say, the 25-year-old Black man was on a Sunday run in a mostly white neighborhood about 2 miles (3.2 km) from his mother's house near c...
Nov 19, 2021
Factbox: What’s in Biden’s $1.75 trillion ‘Build Back Better’ package?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social policy and climate package, sending it back to the Senate wh...
Nov 19, 2021
Majority of U.S. House votes for Biden’s $1.75 trillion bill; voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act on Friday morning, as voting continued on the bill. ...
Nov 19, 2021
Biden to transfer power to Harris during colonoscopy on Friday – White House
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday for the period during which he will be under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy he will un...
Nov 19, 2021
Biden will not nominate Ron Bloom to new term on Postal Board — sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will not nominate United States Postal Board of Governors chairman Ron Bloom to serve a new term, which will force him to leave the board next month, sources...
Nov 19, 2021
FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine booster for U.S. adults
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized booster doses of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for all adults, a move aimed at addressing waning protection among...
Nov 19, 2021
COVID-19 ‘boosters-for-all’ discussion moves to CDC
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - More U.S. adults could be eligible for a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine if a panel of experts meets as planned on Friday and recommends that a third round of the shot...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. House to vote on Biden’s $1.75 trillion bill after hours-long delay
By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social and climate spending bill on Friday after an hours-l...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. awards nearly $1 billion in infrastructure grants
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said Friday it was awarding nearly $1 billion in infrastructure grants as the Biden administration prepares to dramaticall...
Nov 19, 2021
