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By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has abandoned, for now, his push to speed up the permitting process for energy projects, easing the Senate’s path toward…

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers have unveiled a stopgap spending measure to finance the federal government through Dec. 16., provide additional support to…

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s request for more than $47 billion in emergency funding to help Ukraine and tackle COVID-19, monkeypox and…

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats' flagship climate and health care bill, handing President Joe Biden a back-from-the-dead…

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their flagship climate change and health care bill toward House passage Friday, placing President Joe Biden on the brink of a…

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A flagship Democratic economic bill perched on the edge of House passage Friday, placing President Joe Biden on the brink of a back-from-the-dead…

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President…

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President…

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats ran into trouble Sunday in their push toward Senate passage of an election-year economic package, working furiously to…

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats drove their election-year economic package toward Senate approval early Sunday, debating a measure that is less ambitious than President Joe…