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The Latest Breaking News from Chuck Schumer

Did Congress Just Attempt To Do Its Job?

Plus: The editors each consider a book they might secretly want to write one day.

Reason

Federal workers rip Manchin on climate

"Strip Senator Manchin of his chairmanship of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee," staffers say

Salon

Progressive House staffers occupy Schumer’s office as he negotiates with Manchin

‘We’re asking Senator Schumer to negotiate like this is the coldest summer of the rest of our lives’ staffer Saul Levin tweets

The Independent UK

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Senators Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski test positive for Covid-19

Four US senators have revealed that they have tested positive, as President Biden’s doctor gives an update on his health

The Independent UK

Editorial: Chuck Schumer’s marijuana legalization legislation should become law

Never mind that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the lead sponsor. Never mind that 68% of Americans support legalizing marijuana, a figure that includes 83% of Democrats and half of Republicans. And never mind that there’s a midterm election coming up in which passage would be an undeniable boost…

Tribune News Service

As the US watched the January 6 hearing, Fox News showed outrage – at Biden getting Covid

Fox News’s primetime stars chided Biden for contracting the virus they say he alleged couldn’t be caught with a vaccine

The Guardian - US

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Senate Democrats to introduce pot decriminalization bill against odds

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How the Senate's CHIPS-plus bill ballooned by billions

An inside look at how senators managed to boost the bill from $52 billion to nearly $250 billion.

Axios

Senate Democrats to introduce pot decriminalization bill against odds

Senate Democrats introduced a bill Thursday that would federally decriminalize, regulate and impose taxes on cannabis products.

Tribune News Service

Chuck Schumer's Doomed Marijuana Monstrosity Is Not a Serious Attempt To Repeal Pot Prohibition

The Senate majority leader's 296-page bill would compound the barriers to successful legalization.

Reason

What's Going On With Tilray Stock As Cannabis Legalization Bill Reaches Senate?

Tilray Brands, Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY) gapped up about 4.5% higher on Thursday on news that the Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act (CAOA) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate.

Benzinga

Democrats introduce long-awaited bill to decriminalise cannabis on federal level

Bill has uncertain future despite support from Chuck Schumer

The Independent UK

BREAKING: Schumer, Booker And Wyden Unveil Cannabis Legalization Bill - Here's What's In It

A long-awaited U.S. Senate legislation that would decriminalize and deschedule cannabis on the federal level, while also promoting social equity, has finally been unveiled.

Benzinga

Congress' push to regulate Big Tech is fizzling out

Antitrust legislation will be tough to pass in the fall, with lawmakers distracted by midterm elections.

Axios

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The Independent UK

Pressure on Senate GOP after same-sex marriage passes House

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law

The Independent UK

Schumer says he wants to bring gay marriage to Senate floor for a vote after House passage

The Senate majority leader has tasked Senator Tammy Baldwin, the first openly lesbian senator, with lobbying for Republican support

Benzinga

Cannabis Legalization Among Topics For Senate Subcommittee To Address At Next Hearing

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, chaired by Sen.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lynn Schmidt: Reasons to cheer Joe Manchin

Three centrist cheers for Sen. Joe Manchin III. Manchin’s stance on three key issues may be unpopular with some of his Democratic colleagues but they are popular with Americans.

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The Independent UK

Biden to announce climate actions at ex-coal plant in Mass.

President Joe Biden is preparing to announce new actions on climate change

Reuters

U.S. Senate votes to move ahead on chip bill to compete with China

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to move ahead with a slimmed-down version of legislation to provide billions of dollars in subsidies and tax credits for the semiconductor industry, hoping to ease a shortage that has disrupted production in industries from automobiles to electronics and high-tech weapons.

The Independent UK

Partisan lines form over Dem drug price curbs, economic plan

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says plans by Democrats to curb drug prices would place socialist price controls between Americans and the treatments they need

The Independent UK

Republicans warm to $52B computer chip bill, adding momentum

Key Republicans are warming up to passing a bill that provides roughly $52 billion in incentives for the semiconductor industry

Tribune News Service

Manchin in driver’s seat again after inflation fears vindicated

WASHINGTON — Nearly a year ago, Sen. Joe Manchin wrote Fed Chair Jerome Powell to raise alarm that the central bank’s policies would overheat the economy, a fixation that made the West Virginia Democrat an outlier in his party.

Axios

Democrats' Manchin rage

They're furious with him but privately take him at his word that he's still committed to lowering prescription drug prices.

Tribune News Service

Biden OKs health care-focused budget pact struck in Senate

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed a plan hatched by two key Senate Democrats to pass a budget reconciliation package that would help lower the cost of prescription drugs and protect millions of households from health insurance premium spikes, even if it leaves out important clean energy priorities.

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