A specter stalks Democrats on Capitol Hill: the possibility of a two-year, effectively 730-day presidency for Joe Biden should Republicans win the House in 2022 and gain the power to block major legislation afterwards. Republicans have only heightened that worry early in the 117th Congress by engaging in a series …
Read More »The Fed: U.S. economic growth could surpass China this year, and Democrats may be better off spending stimulus money on something else, Fed’s Bullard says
Could Democrats be fighting the last war and wasting money on another $ 1.9 trillion economic relief package? Perhaps, if St. Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard is right. The Fed official thinks the economy is already set for a strong recovery in 2021. It’s possible U.S. economic growth could …
Read More »Market Snapshot: Dow rises, but tech stocks slip as ‘reflation trade’ grips Wall Street after Democrats flip Senate seat
U.S. stocks mostly shook off early losses to trade higher Wednesday, though technology sector stocks remained lower, after Democrats scored at least one U.S. Senate seat in run-off elections in Georgia Tuesday, bringing the possibility of regulation and higher corporate taxes. How are stock benchmarks performing? The Dow Jones Industrial …
Read More »Stacey Abrams, who may hold key to Democrats’ chances in Senate runoffs, campaigns at virtual get-out-the-vote rally
Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams may or may not be gearing up for another run at the governorship in 2022, but these days she is receiving wide credit for the record voter turnout that delivered the state to a Democratic presidential candidate for the first time in three …
Read More »The Margin: In 2018 it was Republicans blasting Democrats as ‘sore losers’ with a ‘problem conceding defeat’
Fox News/”The Daily Show” Two years later, and the partisan shoe is on the other foot. Witness this compilation by Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” of conservative figures taking aim at the Democrats for complaining of irregularities in the conduct of 2018’s midterm elections. Stacey Abrams, notably, did not explicitly …
Read More »Capitol Report: White House, Democrats agree to try to reach coronavirus-aid deal by week’s end
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to the media as White House chief of staff Mark Meadows listens Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol. Getty Images After more than a week of almost daily face-to-face meetings, Trump administration officials and congressional Democratic leaders have agreed to try to reach a coronavirus-aid bill …
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