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Progressives try to persuade Biden to use the 14th Amendment to resolve debt crisis 

2 years 6 months ago

WASHINGTON — Progressives are pushing hard for President Joe Biden to take the unprecedented step of invoking the 14th Amendment as a way to avoid financial calamity if the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy do not strike a deal on the debt ceiling in the coming days. The lawmakers and legal scholars argue […]

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Ashley Murray

How Washington Bargained Away Rural America

2 years 6 months ago
Every five years, the farm bill brings together Democrats and Republicans who are normally at each other’s throats. The result is the continued corporatization of agriculture.
Luke Goldstein

The White House Wants a Debt Ceiling Deal

2 years 6 months ago
By opposing an injunction in the main lawsuit challenging the debt ceiling, the president has deliberately boxed himself into negotiations with legislative terrorists.
David Dayen