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Biden wants to reinforce the EPA staff with 2,400 new agents End-shutdown
President Biden’s $6.8 trillion budget seeks to add 2,400 new employees to the Environmental Protection Agency, an increase of more than 16% over its current staffing levels. Mr. Biden wants to increase EPA funding by $1.9 billion over the amount approved by Congress last year. Overall, the EPA budget would be $12 billion. “EPA is […]
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Biden rallies House Democrats to tout his success End-shutdown
WASHINGTON- President Biden on Wednesday praised his party’s legislative success in the first two years of his administration and urged House Democrats to spend the next two years making sure voters know it, too. As a keynote speaker on the opening day of the House Democrats’ annual business conference in Baltimore, the president ticked off […]
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Biden hits campaign pitches in speech to House Democrats End-shutdown
BALTIMORE – President Joe Biden has yet to announce whether he will run for a second term, but his speech to a caucus of House Democrats here on Wednesday sounded a lot like a 2024 campaign speech. Biden challenged House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California to reveal the Republicans’ budget full of spending cuts, mocked […]
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Biden administration moves to limit telehealth prescriptions End-shutdown
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients to see a doctor in person before receiving drugs for attention deficit disorder or addictive pain relievers, tightening access to drugs in the context of a crisis. of opioids ever deeper. The proposal could change the way millions of Americans get some prescriptions after three […]