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We talk to Vermont U.S. Congressman Peter Welch about the $1 trillion infrastructure package President Joe Biden is expected to sign on Monday.
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The United States is one of a handful of countries, and the only wealthy nation, without a national paid leave policy.
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House Democrats made changes to Biden's Build Back Better framework. The $1.75 T bill includes paid family leave, help with prescription drug costs and immigration reforms. Here are the details.
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Vermont's Congressional delegation — Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Peter Welch — are clashing over the best strategy to pass two important infrastructure bills.
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Efforts to pass other federal voting rights legislation have stalled in the closely divided Senate, as Democrats try to counter voting restrictions enacted in Republican-led states.
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The short-term spending bill avoids a partial government shutdown, but other major issues, such as suspending the debt limit, remain unresolved.
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We dive into the week's news out of Washington, D.C. with Vt. Congressman Peter Welch.
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Republicans' opposition leaves the federal government teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown.
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Democrats must untangle a potential government shutdown Thursday, a potential federal default, a vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a related vote on as much as $3.5 trillion in spending.
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Increasing the debt ceiling used to be procedurally easy — and hardly newsworthy. That changed when control of Congress flipped to the GOP in 1994 and Newt Gingrich became House Speaker.