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Bipartisan infrastructure deal makes way for bigger Biden agenda battle
iStock/Евгений Харитонов(WASHINGTON) -- The TAKE with Averi Harper While a group of Senate negotiators h...
Averi Harper, Alisa Wiersema, and Quinn Scanlan Jul 29, 2021

Expected vaccine requirement for federal workers raises new questions
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is likely to announce a vaccine requirement for the nation's federal employees Thursday, according to a source familiar wi...
Sarah Kolinovsky and Molly Nagle, ABC News Jul 29, 2021

Senate votes to start debate on $1.1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a key test vote Wednesday evening, the Senate voted in favor of beginning debate on a $1.1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal that would provide fundin...
Allison Pecorin, Trish Turner, Molly Nagle ABC News Jul 28, 2021

Republicans, Democrats battle over new House mask mandate
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday battled over the new House of Representatives' new mask mandate, with more than a dozen Republicans voting twice without ma...
Benjamin Siegel, Mariam Khan, ABC News Jul 28, 2021

Jan. 6 committee will move to hold former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark in contempt
Elisank79/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Wednesday will recommend the full House hold former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey...
Libby Cathey, ABC News Jul 28, 2021

DOJ issues guidance cautioning states on so-called election 'audits'
JL Images/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Wednesday released guidance intended to caution states embarking on so-called post-election 'audits' of vote counts for the 2020 presidential ...
Alexander Mallin, ABC News Jul 28, 2021

Bipartisan infrastructure deal reached: Negotiators
iStock/CHUNYIP WONG(WASHINGTON) -- Negotiators say they have a deal on bipartisan infrastructure. A redo of last week's failed test vote is expected Wednesday evening. Republican negotiators, all of w...
Allison Pecorin and Trish Turner Jul 28, 2021

Culture wars threaten to overtake war on COVID
iStock/ninjaMonkeyStudio(WASHINGTON) -- The TAKE with Rick Klein It takes less than ever to find partisan grooves these days -- and the fact that they've been etched deeper out of the fallout from Jan...
Rick Klein, Averi Harper, and Alisa Wiersema Jul 28, 2021

DOJ declines to back Rep. Mo Brooks in lawsuit brought by Rep. Swalwell over Jan. 6 incitement
iStock/Michał Chodyra(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department declined a request from Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., Tuesday night to intervene for him in a lawsuit brought by a Democratic lawmaker suing ...
Alexander Mallin Jul 28, 2021

Key takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing: Powerful testimony counters revisionist history
uschools/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol held its first hearing Tuesday in which lawmakers heard dramatic, emotional account...
Libby Cathey and Benjamin Siegel, ABC News Jul 27, 2021
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