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House progressives made clear they won't budge on their demand for the reconciliation bill to pass at the same time as the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but they are willing to back a massively scaled-down version of reconciliation.

Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., on the new version of the spending bill.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ripped the Democrats for "doubling down" on the spending play amid "raging inflation" on "Kudlow."

Former New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon donated $40 million to the University of Michigan’s Kessler Presidential Scholars Program to support first-generation college students.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy slammed the Democrats' spending bill for going after the American working class.

President Biden on Thursday outlined a slew of new taxes on corporations and the ultra-wealthy in order to pay for the bulk of his signature economic spending plan – but a new analysis suggests the rate increases could generate $500 million less than the White House estimated.

Chicago and Los Angeles will launch universal basic income pilot programs, with applications opening tomorrow.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is urging Democrats to pass a stalled $1 trillion infrastructure package as soon as today, but is being rebuffed by progressive lawmakers who are threatening to vote against the bipartisan measure unless it's accompanied by a larger, party-line spending bill.

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President Biden on Thursday, in his final pitch before traveling to Europe for the G20 summit, urged Congress to support his revised economic agenda, admitting that "no one got everything they wanted, including me."

The Biden administration on Thursday outlined a revamped tax-hike plan to pay for Democrats' roughly $1,750,000,000,000 spending plan, including rate increases on well-off corporations and wealthy Americans.

Costco has raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour this week, according to reports.

President Biden is expected to tell congressional Democrats Thursday morning that they've reached an agreement on a framework for their reconciliation bill.