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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) meet in the Oval Office of the White House on May 12, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Doug Mills via Getty Images)
Senate Votes to Repeal Trump-Era Rule That Helps Predatory Lenders Trap Vulnerable People in Debt
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Former President Donald Trump meets with Republican members of Congress as Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin looks on in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 8, 2020.
Consumer advocates say Trump's gift to payday lenders is "doing active harm right now, defending a predatory business model that destroys small businesses, homes, and lives."
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Left Says Senate Democrats Face Existential Choice: Kill Filibuster or Watch Democracy Die
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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announce the introduction of S.1., the For the People Act, outside the U.S. Capitol March 17, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
"This is about to move from an abstract conversation about Senate rules to a...
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50+ DNC Leaders Urge Biden to Lift Sanctions and Rejoin Iran Nuclear Deal
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Negotiations to restore the Iran nuclear deal were held in Vienna on April 15, 2021. (Photo: E.U. Delegation in Vienna/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
"As Democrats, we must put diplomacy at the center of our foreign policy and...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to reporters following a vote at the U.S. Capitol on April 12, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
'Sends a Terrible, Terrible Message': Sanders Rejects Top Dems' Push for a Big Tax Break for the Rich
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol to advocate for ending the Senate filibuster on April 22, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer via Getty Images)
350+ Scholars Call for Filibuster Reform Ahead of Town Hall
President Joe Biden speaks to Dr. Barney Graham (L), flanked by White House Chief Medical Adviser on Covid-19 Dr. Anthony Fauci (2nd R), as he tours the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland on February 11, 2021.
To 'Crush the Virus,' Majority of House Dems Urge Biden to Back Vaccine Patent Waiver
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) speaks during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday, July 24, 2020.
Democrats Bankrolled by Big Pharma Are Refusing to Back Vaccine Patent Waiver
An employee at the Utah County election office prepares mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections on November 6, 2018 in Provo, Utah. (Photo: George Frey via Getty Images)
Confirming GOP Fears, Poll Shows For the People Act Is Popular With Republican Voters
Activists protest outside of the home of Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) to denounce his comments opposing a coronavirus vaccine patent waiver on Sunday, May 3, 2021.
Democratic Senator Under Fire for Invoking January 6 Attack to Justify Opposing Vaccine Patent Waiver
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a rally on March 26, 2021.
At Kentucky Rally, Sanders Blasts McConnell for 'Working Overtime' to Reward the Rich and Block Progress
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) delivers the progressive response to President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, April 29, 2021.
'We Need to Think Bigger': Jamaal Bowman Delivers Progressive Response to Biden
President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on the dais behind him, on April 28, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
As Biden Tells Congress to Pass Pro-Democracy Bills 'Right Away,' Progressives Say: The Filibuster Must Go
Steven Donziger, a human rights lawyer working of behalf of Ecuadorians harmed by over three decades of Texaco-Chevron's oil drilling and dumping of toxic wastewater in the Amazon rainforest, gestures during a press conference on March 19, 2014 in Quito. (Photo: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images)
House Dems Ask AG Garland to Review Chevron's 'Unjust Legal Assault' on Steven Donziger
President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House on April 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
Biden Proposes Hiking Taxes on Richest Americans to Fund Universal Pre-K, Paid Leave, and More
Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams arrives to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia on March 19, 2021. (Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images)
After Being Cut Off by GOP Senator, Stacey Abrams Releases 6-Minute Rundown of Georgia's Attack on Voting

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