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"Mr. Trudeau's government should end the legal battle, address the systemic underfunding and chronic denial of services to Indigenous children, and take clear steps towards truth, justice, and reconciliation," said New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh.
"Drug corporations clearly are taking advantage... and abusing their monopoly privileges—and everyone in the U.S. is paying for it."
The West Virginia senator's suggestion came as he declared a topline figure of $1.5 trillion for Democrats' reconciliation bill.
"Thank god," said one observer, that the Congressional Progressive Caucus is "holding the line on the original deal otherwise we'd be toast on child care, climate, housing, prescription drugs, and everything else."
The detained American attorney who won a judgment against Chevron in Ecuador is set to be sentenced for contempt of court charges in a case stemming from the oil giant's legal retaliation.
QAnon followers have become one of the leading national sources of conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer and others.
The ultra-rich have a myriad of mind-boggling ways of getting away with not paying taxes that the rest of us have to.
"There needs to be some solution to the financial flows into Afghanistan," said one official.
Recovering from America's imperial delusions.
"We cannot and will not let a few of Big Pharma's fans in Congress who are more interested in protecting drug corporation profits than helping their constituents get affordable medicines block this overdue reform."
"For ICE and the private prison industry, cruelty—and profit—is the point."
Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Cori Bush, and Barbara Lee are testifying.
"The problem in American democracy today," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "is that people have lost faith in us, in government, that we actually will fight for working people."
The Cook Political Report’s Editor and Publisher on Biden, Trump and Democratic Chances in 2022 and 2024.
"We will do whatever it takes to ensure the passage of the Women's Health Protection Act and urge senators on both sides of the aisle to vote 'yes' without delay."
This reconciliation bill is being opposed by every Republican in Congress as well as the drug companies, the insurance companies, the fossil fuel industry, and the billionaire class. They want to maintain the status quo in which the very rich get richer while ordinary Americans continue to struggle to make ends meet. Well, I disagree.
"Without real bold leadership... we risk being caught in this pandemic loop, constantly battling new variants coming from regions without the vaccine. The only way out of this pandemic is by vaccinating the world."
