[ad_1] Putting Michigan “on the right side of history,” Whitmer assured the slacks-and-sportcoat crowd, “is going to be good for business.” This was before jokes about Mackinac-induced hangovers, “Yoopers and trolls” — those who live on both of Michigan’s peninsulas, longings for her adult daughters to remain in the stateContinue Reading
[ad_1] Other midsize banks including PacWest, Western Alliance and Zions came under heavy investor pressure late last week as Wall street probed for possible next victims in the rolling crisis, created in part by the Fed jacking up interest rates ten consecutive times to the highest level since 2007. TheContinue Reading
[ad_1] The move marks an early attempt to gain the high ground after Republicans last year seized on the state’s bail laws as evidence Democrats are weak on crime, fueling embarrassing losses for House Democrats in New York. The governor’s new strategy could shape next year’s House races, and maybeContinue Reading
[ad_1] The Senate Budget Committee will meet Thursday morning to hear from several witnesses on Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s opening debt limit bid. [ad_2] #Senate #Democrats #excoriate #House #GOP #debt #bill #Budget #Committee #hearing #Thursday #morning ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )Continue Reading
[ad_1] “That surprises me that he wants to repeal it. I think it’s one of his greatest accomplishments,” said Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a close colleague of Manchin’s on the Energy Committee, in an interview. The IRA is far less of a political bright spot for Manchin, whose potential reelectionContinue Reading
[ad_1] The letter comes as the House votes as soon as Wednesday on Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s opening debt limit offer, with spending concessions attached. [ad_2] #Nearly200 #House #Democrats #signed #letter #echoing #President #Joe #Bidens #call #clean #debt #ceiling #hike ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )Continue Reading
[ad_1] The Democratic Women’s Caucus is encouraging members both to ask the panelists questions and “share abortion stories from their state/districts.” [ad_2] #House #Democrats #hold #shadow #hearing #week #panel #medical #experts #advocates #state #postRoe #America ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )Continue Reading
[ad_1] Republicans, led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, can point to polls showing only tepid backing for raising the debt ceiling and preference for spending cuts over tax increases to bring down the budget deficit. On President Joe Biden and the Democrats’ side: overwhelming support for lifting the cap onceContinue Reading
[ad_1] McCarthy is eyeing to pass his plan in the House next week, setting up a showdown with Democrats amid worries that the U.S. could default on its debt as early as June. The Republicans’ 300-page-plus bill amounts to a legislative wish list of measures that have no future inContinue Reading
[ad_1] He later told reporters outside the hearing: “It is really troubling that Americans’ taxpayer dollars are being used to come here on this junket to do an examination of the safest big city in America.” A rowdy crowd of anti-Trump protestors demanded to be let inside the federal buildingContinue Reading