U.S. Politics in Real TimeNov 14, 2023

Senate panel will move to break Tuberville’s hold

https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense-national-security/4307915-senate-panel-will-move-to-break-tubervilles-hold/

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Senate panel will move to break Tuberville’s hold

Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Senate panel will move to break Tuberville’s hold The Rules Committee on Tuesday will move to circumvent a hold that Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) has had in place for nine months to protest the Pentagon’s abortion policy.…

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U.S. Politics in Real TimeMay 24, 2023

Republican debt-limit plan would cut US jobs, slow growth, economist tells Senate panel

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/amid-us-debt-ceiling-standoff-senate-democrats-dissect-republican-plan-2023-05-04/

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Republican debt-limit plan would cut US jobs, slow growth, economist tells Senate panel

A Republican <a href="/world/us/whats-us-house-republicans-debt-ceiling-spending-cut-bill-2023-04-27/">plan</a> to cut federal spending in exchange for lifting the U.S. government's <a href="/markets/us/us-debt-ceiling-straightforward-vote-is-not-usual-path-2023-02-01/">debt ceiling</a> would lower employment, slow economic growth and "meaningfully increase" the likelihood of a recession, Moody's Analytics' chief economist told a Senate committee on Thursday.

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