Senate Dems plan hearings to pick apart GOP debt deal

[ad_1] The Senate Budget Committee hearing on Thursday will feature Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics and leaders of the Environmental Defense Fund and the Solar Energy Industries Association. Republicans and Democrats remain at loggerheads over debt ceiling negotiations, just as entrenched as they were before the HouseContinue Reading

Hochul announces ‘conceptual’ budget deal

[ad_1] Hochul framed the deal as a win for affordability in the state, but recognized she didn’t get one of her top priorities: A housing deal to force municipalities to build 800,000 new homes over the next decade. The budget will include $391 million in rental assistance, which will largelyContinue Reading

Iran, Oman hold talks reviving 2015 nuclear deal

[ad_1] Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said his country and Oman held consultations on restoring a 2015 nuclear deal and removing the sanctions on Tehran. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in an address to reporters following his meeting with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad al-Busaidi in Muscat, reports XinhuaContinue Reading