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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 35 articles What's included in the Democrats' Build Back Better bill that passed the House? |  | |
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House Democrats pass sweeping social spending, climate policy bill.
ABC News (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 81% • 8 min read
House Democrats managed a big win Friday, passing their roughly $1.75 trillion social and climate spending package. Not a single Republican supported it. The social spending measure would generate the largest expansion to the social safety net in 50 years and contains $555 billion for climate and clean energy investments.
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It would reduce the cost of some prescription drugs, extend the child tax credit, provide universal pre-kindergarten for 3-and 4-year olds, allow four weeks of paid family and medical leave, build affordable housing, expand Medicare coverage, create "clean energy" jobs.
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Since congressional Democrats plan to pass the measure through reconciliation -- a lengthy budget process that would not require any Republican support [in the Senate]. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the total Democratic package would add $160 billion to the national deficit over the next 10 years.
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House passes 'Build Back Better' spending bill.
National Review (Right) • Factual Grade 61% • 3 min read - Selected long-read
How the Build Back Better Act could backfire on Democrats.
The Atlantic (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 69% • 6 min read
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| | YESTERDAY'S POLL Should countries encourage their citizens to buy domestically produced goods? 337 votes, 34 comments Context: Canada and Mexico worried about Biden's "Buy American" policies at free trade agreement discussions. HIGHLIGHTED COMMENTS " Yes - Patronage begins at home. Anything to the contrary is like buying lemonade from the store rather than from your own kids' lemonade stand. On-shoring supply chain back to the Americas from Asia quickens speed to market, reduces inventory carrying costs, promotes prosperity and security in our own backyard and punishes our biggest foreign foe who is continually engaged in soft warfare against us." " No - It's in the best interest of consumers to purchase the best quality products at the lowest available price, so n..." " Unsure - Depends on what you mean by "encourage". If encourage is mere words advocating for ..." | | | #2 in U.S. News • 31 articles Why was Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty of murder in the Kenosha protests last year? | 
Rittenhouse, who was shaking as the verdict was read, sat down and began crying after hearing the jury forewoman say "not guilty" five separate times just befo...
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| | #1 in World News • 22 articles Why is Austria mandating Covid vaccines for all its citizens? |
Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced a full lockdown and declared mandatory vaccination for everyone, to begin in February. In th...
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| | #2 in World News • 15 articles Why is the U.S. considering a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in China? |
It's "something we are considering," President Biden said when asked about a U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Games, set for Beijing in February. Bi...
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| | #1 in Science News • 14 articles Why is Amazon deforestation increasing? |
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon jumped by 21.97 percent this year, reaching its highest level since 2006. The figures, released by t...
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