Dollar’s primacy in danger as China, Brazil ditch Uncle Sam
The yuan’s rise threatens America’s power, but lawmakers are fixated on TikTok.
Peters, Stabenow join successful Senate vote to repeal Iraq War authorization
Senate votes 66-30 to repeal 2002 bill authorizing war in Iraq; effort will head to Republican-led House
Restrict Act uses TikTok as trojan horse for asset forfeiture
There are simple TikTok bans available, if a TikTok ban is the goal. But the Restrict Act is about asset forfeiture
Biden signs bipartisan COVID origins bill
Congress presented a united front on the COVID-19 Origin Act, and Biden signed it into law
Congress votes to declassify origins of COVID
Unanimous vote includes all Michigan lawmakers
U.S. House, Senate vote to declassify docs on COVID-19 origins
Senate gives unanimous consent; Michigan House delegation opposes in party-line vote
Tlaib defends Biden student loan scheme, which faces Supreme Court review
Dearborn Democrat has also criticized court for eroding civil rights laws
Feds give Michigan $110M to install 127 EV chargers
Michigan will spend $866K per installed charger; Federal goal is to build ‘a nationwide network of EV chargers’
How Michigan reps voted on ending traveler vaccine mandate
Along party lines, Michigan’s delegation to U.S. House votes to keep forcing foreign visitors to take shots
GAO estimates $60B in unemployment fraud during pandemic
GAO report blames both administration and equipment for the failure, says Department of Labor needs antifraud strategy
How does your Michigan rep spend their time in Congress? Here’s how to find out
A quick user’s guide to Congress.gov and how to keep an eye on the people who represent you in Washington
The IRS’s next target: Tips from waiting tables
Tipped wages are the next target for the tax man
Student loan relief in Michigan could cost taxpayers $11 billion
Some 566,000 people sought student loan relief in Michigan. The U.S. Supreme Court will eventually decide if the program is constitutional. Lower courts have said no.
Biden: After three-plus years, COVID emergency to end in May
Washington lawmakers had lost their patience with the ongoing, regularly extended COVID emergency
6 Michigan reps in Congress have yet to submit a bill in 2023
Neither senator, Peters or Stabenow, has submitted a bill
Biden seeks $11B for international climate change projects
Biden said he wants to mobilize $100B for “climate action in developing nations”
How Michigan reps voted on defunding the IRS
A vote to pull the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents went strictly down party lines
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