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...I think the American people deserve to have it explained to them why it is in Americans’ interests to assist here,” he said....
...The three other legislative bills aim to “end tax breaks for Chinese equities, restrict sanctioned Chinese companies’ access to US capital markets, increase transparency on risks to American corporations...
...A measure of its toughness is that most of the pro-immigrant advocacy groups, and the Democratic Hispanic caucus, have condemned it as draconian....
...Haley has received support from several high-profile donors, including the Charles Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity Action, in recent months....
...“Matt Gaetz you just sabotaged our party by showing the American people that we can’t be taken seriously to govern,” said Dan Eberhart, a big Republican donor....
...“He clearly has lost control of his caucus....
...The Ohio congressman added that it was “time for our Republican conference to come together to keep our promises to Americans”....
...So most Mexicans are proud of the military....
...Jordan is a former head of the Freedom Caucus, the most rightwing group in the legislative party. But a lot depends on what is meant by conservative....
...Kevin McCarthy, the Republican Speaker of the House, has a tendency to liken himself to Babe Ruth, the American baseball legend....
...“For me the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I so deeply respect,” she said....
...The legislative programme is so light....
...Migration will feature heavily on the agenda at that meeting, especially in talks with Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador....
...Their frustration is expressed in the memo quickly released by the Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus of conservatives in the House of Representatives....
...Even in the wake of Covid-19, Mexican accounts have remained, relatively, in decent shape....
...And a lot of American businesses certainly relied on that bet, that we could encourage the opening of the Chinese economy to investments, particularly to American investments of all kinds....
...Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, said Biden was “no stranger to legislative challenges”, adding: “We are going to continue to take steps, work like hell, to get it done.”...
...Although not yet passed into law, Biden’s broader $1.75tn legislative package contains proposals to offer a tax credit of $7,500 for electric vehicles made only in the US from 2026....
...The two bills combined are seen by Biden’s supporters as a once-in-a-generation chance to bolster the economy and improve American livelihoods....
...He played American football at West Virginia University, where he met his wife, Gayle, with whom he has three children....
...Manley said there were “no freelancers” in the Republican Senate caucus, adding: “In the end, they will do whatever McConnell asks them to do.”...
...Biden initially introduced a $2.3tn plan that would be funded largely by a rise in the corporate tax rate and higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans....
...The stimulus, the flagship of Biden’s legislative agenda, needs to pass the Senate and the House of Representatives before it can be sent to the president’s desk to be signed into law....
...“He has firmly oriented the Mexican economic ship towards the 20th century,” says Ernesto Revilla, head of Latin American economics at Citigroup and a former Mexican finance ministry official....
...Now that Congress has passed Joe Biden’s $1.9tn US stimulus bill, the administration and its Democratic allies are gearing up for their next big legislative priority: a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure...
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