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Congress passes election reform designed to head off another Jan. 6

The bipartisan legislation would update the certification process for presidential elections, which former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to exploit after the 2020 election.

WEKU

Commentary: Why we must bring back the full Child Tax Credit

It’s been one year since the last monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) payment was issued.

Tribune News Service

Biden meets Ecuador's president as immigration crisis grows

President Joe Biden met Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso on Monday to discuss efforts to stem the flow of migrants to the United States as the White House faces increased pressure over its immigration policies.

Reuters

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Manchin says he has ‘no intentions’ of leaving Democratic Party

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said he has “no intentions” of switching political parties, but didn’t rule out the possibility in the future.

Tribune News Service

Manchin on leaving Democratic Party: "I'll let you know later"

"If people are trying to stop something from doing so much good because of politics ... let’s see how that plays out."

Axios

Eduardo Porter: An immigration deal for Dreamers is out of reach

To hear Sen. Joe Manchin, pro-immigrant advocates are getting way too excited over the prospect of a deal in the lame duck Congress that would allow for the legalization of two million “Dreamers,” immigrants brought illegally into the country as minors by their parents. “I don’t see any movement there,”…

Tribune News Service

Senate passes defense bill rescinding COVID vaccine mandate

A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military and provide nearly $858 billion for national defense has passed the Senate and now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law

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Feds order review of power-grid security after attacks

Federal regulators have ordered a review of security standards at the nation’s far-flung electricity transmission network

The Independent UK

Kyrsten Sinema is selling clothes and athletic gear on Facebook Marketplace, reports say

The independent Arizona senator is a prolific Marketplace user

The Independent UK

AOC wants a Democrat to challenge Kyrsten Sinema for Senate seat. Others in the party aren’t so sure

Most Democrats are unsure about challenging the newly minted independent Senator

The Independent UK

Biden caves to Manchin demand on CTC

The White House is reportedly ready to back work requirements for recipients, which could exclude most vulnerable

Salon

Joe Manchin says he has ‘no intention’ of following Kyrsten Sinema’s lead and leaving the Democratic Party

Manchin has yet to decide whether he will seek re-election in 202

The Independent UK

Commentary: Congress must raise the debt ceiling now to avoid an economic calamity

America is facing an unprecedented fiscal and economic threat next year and Congress has until Jan. 3 to avoid it. Sometime in 2023, probably around June, the United States will hit the debt ceiling, which is the maximum amount the government can borrow.

Chicago Tribune

Sinema's Defection from Democrats Sows Welcome Chaos Among the Political Class

We should appreciate anything that shakes the confidence of both major parties.

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Bernie Sanders calls Sinema a ‘corporate Democrat’ who has ‘sabotaged enormously important legislation’

Newly independent Arizona senator doesn’t have ‘guts’ to take on corporate interests, Vermont progressive says

Tribune News Service

A standoff is coming in 2023 — and it’s over the national debt

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is headed toward a standoff over the national debt next year, when Republicans newly in control of the U.S. House threaten to demand concessions for raising the government’s legal borrowing limit.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

What Kyrsten Sinema’s party change means for Pa.'s John Fetterman and Senate Democrats

PHILADELPHIA — Well, that didn’t last long.

The Guardian - US

‘She answers to billionaires’: some Democrats not sorry to see Sinema leave

Senator’s decision to register as independent brings Democrats’ bitterness towards lawmaker to surface

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Arizona senator leaves Democrats to become independent

Washington (AFP) - Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced Friday that she was leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent in a surprise move just days after President Joe Biden's Democrats increased their slim majority in the chamber.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Two more classified documents found in Florida by Trump lawyers

Discovery in storage unit appears to confirm DoJ’s suspicions that former president possessed additional government records, sources say. Plus, Australia’s worst Christmas trees

Salon

Did rail giants influence Manchin vote?

PACs for top rail giants showered the West Virginia Democrat with cash before the vote

The Guardian - US

Democrats ditch Manchin’s ‘dirty deal’ after opposition from climate activists

West Virginia senator had proposed to attach energy bill to appropriations legislation but plan fails amid criticism of party leadership

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Democrats and Republicans unite to sell out the American worker. Maybe we need a Labor Party

The stories of America's rail workers are often told anonymously — no need to further antagonize their bosses, who set their schedules and who can, and do, make their lives miserable — and yet the details are painfully familiar to millions in a U.S. labor force in which the term…

WEKU

Why Warnock's seat means so much to Senate Democrats

Warnock's win now gives Democrats firm control of the Senate and makes life easier for them in a number of ways --among them: a cushion in trying to pass bills and assured committee control.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Congress can help keep kids out of poverty

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Since then, taxpayers have spent more than $20 trillion on anti-poverty programs that achieved mixed results.

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