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Republicans Focus Attention on Government Financing, Threatens Short-term Resolution if Agreement is Not Reached

McConnell threatens a short-term continuing resolution if Democrats fail to satisfy his demands for an omnibus bill. This is because November’s federal deficit was a record-setting $249 billion, $57 billion larger than the same month last year, as the Republican takeover of the House they are refocusing attention on the government’s finances.

Kamala Harris Helps Climate, Energy, Health, Tax Bill Clear First Hurdle

In a divided Senate, Democrats voted Saturday to begin debating their election-year economic bill, clearing the first hurdle as it moves through the Congress on climate, energy, and health. Despite a mountain of amendments, united Democrats pushed the bill through the evenly divided chamber by 50-50, thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. A dwindled version of the earlier multitrillion-dollar measures, it has become a partisan battleground over inflation, gasoline prices, and other …