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Pelosi pledges swift work on major infrastructure package
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday pledged swift work by Congress on a job and infrastructure package that will be “fiscally sound,”...
Biden played ‘sheriff’ on ’09 aid, now salesman on COVID law
WASHINGTON — In 2009, then-Vice President Joe Biden was "Sheriff Joe,” the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were...
IRS says new round of COVID relief payments on the way
<p>WASHINGTON — Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun,...
Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long?
WASHINGTON — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes:...
Biden played ‘sheriff’ on ’09 aid, now salesman on COVID law
<p>WASHINGTON — In 2009, then-Vice President Joe Biden was "Sheriff Joe,” the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were...
Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long?
<p>WASHINGTON — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes:...
Auto industry urges emissions deal weaker than Obama’s
WASHINGTON — A coalition of automakers has told the Biden administration it would agree to raise mileage standards to reduce tailpipe emissions but with...
Washington State lands naming rights deal for stadium field
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State has reached a deal for the naming rights to the playing field at Martin Stadium that will guarantee the...
Auto industry urges emissions deal weaker than Obama’s
<p>WASHINGTON — A coalition of automakers has told the Biden administration it would agree to raise mileage standards to reduce tailpipe emissions but with...
IRS says new round of COVID relief payments on the way
WASHINGTON — Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun,...