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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tried to pass the bill with a simple majority vote of 50, rather than the 60 that is usually required for Senate bills.
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Judge blocks key component of Arizona abortion law
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Milley calls Afghanistan withdrawal a "strategic failure"
Milley, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and CENTCOM Commander appeared before Congress to testify about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
U.S. could hit the debt ceiling on October 18, Janet Yellen says
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Republicans block Senate bill to fund government and suspend debt ceiling
The vote comes the same week as Democrats are trying to pass President Biden's domestic agenda.
Biden administration moves to shield DACA program from legal challenges
The Obama-era program currently provides deportation protection and work permits to roughly 590,000 immigrants known as "Dreamers."
Biden administration seeks a climate win ahead of global summit
If the U.S. heads to the U.N. Climate Change Conference with proposals still under debate in Congress, China could balk at making its own changes.
U.S. expels nearly 4,000 Haitian migrants in 9 days
The deportees, including hundreds of families with children, are returning to a country ravaged by natural and man-made calamities.
Murder rate soared in 2020 amid gun stockpiling, pandemic pressures
But overall crime dropped for the 18th consecutive year.
Battle over how states redraw their districts begins
Republicans and Democrats are fighting over redistricting changes that will play a key role in control of the House in 2022.
Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot on camera
Public health officials have recommended a booster shot for those 65 and older, among other groups.
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