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Tony Evers · WisconsinDemocratic governors in 20 states are launching a network intended to strengthen abortion access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision. The Reproductive Freedom Alliance is a way for governors and their staffs to share best practices and affirm abortion rights. The group includes executives of heavily Democratic states like California, but also involves every presidential battleground state.
Tony Evers, other Democratic governors form alliance on abortion rights
44% Left coverage: 43 sources
Chuck Schumer · WashingtonHouse Republicans on Wednesday used their new majority to push through a largely symbolic bill that would require health care providers to provide care to infants born after an attempted abortion.
House passes first anti-abortion bill post-Roe decision
53% Center coverage: 115 sources
Joe Biden · WashingtonUnited States President Joe Biden will call on Congress to impose a 25 percent minimum tax on billionaires as part of a series of proposed tax hikes on wealthy individuals and corporations, according to a US media report.
Biden to propose 25 percent minimum tax on US billionaires
48% Left coverage: 23 sources
Joe Biden · WashingtonRep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) denied on Wednesday President Biden’s claims that Republicans are considering pushing for cuts to Social Security and Medicare as part of negotiations over raising the debt ceiling.
Donalds on Biden saying some Republicans want to ‘sunset’ Medicare, Social Security: ‘I am telling you, not true’
60% Left coverage: 20 sources
Joe BidenNearly 80 congressional Democrats called on President Joe Biden to reverse plans to limit asylum eligibility for some migrants. The move is part of mounting criticism in the Capitol from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle of the administration's border policies. In a letter published Thursday, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and more than 70 other Democrats told Biden they had great concerns.
Democrats condemn Biden administration's new asylum limits
80% Left coverage: 5 sources
FDAThe federal government said the anti-abortion groups’ lawsuit to force the FDA to pull the pill from the market “is extraordinary and unprecedented.”
Federal judge could decide as soon as February to yank abortion pill nationwide
100% Left coverage: 3 sources
Maine, United States · MaineFour Democrats, Jared Golden of Maine, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington state and Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas vote for the bill. The bill has virtually no chance of becoming law as written. It would need 60 votes in the U.S. Senate, meaning at least 11 Democrats and independents would have to support it.
Golden joins Republicans to pass HR1, dubbed 'love letter to polluting industry'
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
United States · United StatesThe Office of Federal Student Aid handles the loans of 44 million borrowers. The agency was not given an increase in its $2 billion funding in the recent $1.7 trillion government spending bill. Public comment will be open on Wednesday for the proposed rule. More than 43 million Americans have student loan debt.
New federal student loan repayment plan aimed at low-income borrowers
100% Left coverage: 4 sources