Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

December 2021

Source: The Washington Post
Dec 16, 2021
Life after Quitting: What Happened Next to the Workers Who Left Their Jobs
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Source: The New York Times
Dec 15, 2021
Democrats Ready to Punt Social Policy Bill to 2022 as Manchin Balks
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Source: Politco
Dec 15, 2021
Democrats Urge Biden to Avert Student Loan Cliff Next Year
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Source: Axios
Dec 15, 2021
Scoop: Biden and Manchin Deadlocked on Length of BBB Programs
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Source: The Washington Post
Dec 14, 2021
How U.S. Federal Debt Got So Big
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Source: The Washington Post
Dec 14, 2021
Congress Approves Measure That Would Raise Debt Ceiling by $2.5 Trillion
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Source: CNBC
Dec 13, 2021
Biden Concedes Build Back Better Bill Won’t Get Passed This Year
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Source: Politico
Dec 13, 2021
As Dems Sprint against the Clock, Child Tax Credit Might Slip Away
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Source: Axios
Dec 12, 2021
Democrats Brace for Build Back Better Delay into 2022
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Source: AP News
Dec 10, 2021
U.S. Government Deficit Down 17% From Same Period A Year Ago
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Source: The New York Times
Dec 3, 2021
Stocks Slide after November Jobs Report Sends Mixed Signals on the Economy
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Source: The New York Times
Dec 3, 2021
The Window to Lift the Debt Limit Is Narrowing, an Influential Think Tank Warns
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Source: The Washington Post
Dec 2, 2021
Congress Passes Stopgap Spending Bill, Averting Shutdown despite GOP Revolt on Vaccine Requirements
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November 2021

Source: Axios
Nov 30, 2021
Congress Sprints to Meet Crush of Deadlines
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Source: Business Insider
Nov 29, 2021
Congressional Failure to Raise the Debt Ceiling Could ‘Eviscerate’ Pandemic Recovery, Warns Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
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Source: The Atlantic
Nov 27, 2021
Nuclear Strategists Know How Dangerous the Debt Fight Is
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Source: The Washington Post
Nov 23, 2021
Biden Taps Powell for Second Term as Fed Chair in Sign of Continuity at Central Bank
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Source: The New York Times
Nov 23, 2021
More Women Than Men Are Going to College. That May Change the Economy
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Source: The Hill
Nov 22, 2021
Americans’ Economic Worries Rise to Pandemic High: Gallup
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Source: CNN
Nov 22, 2021
Biden to Nominate Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman
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Source: The Washington Post
Nov 20, 2021
As Biden Agenda Advances in Congress, White House Weighs New Offensive on Inflation
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Source: The Washington Post
Nov 19, 2021
How the House Spending Bill Addresses Climate Change
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Source: The New York Times
Nov 15, 2021
How America’s Pandemic Economic Response Fought the Last War
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Source: The Washington Post
Nov 14, 2021
Inflation Emerges as Defining Economic Challenge of Biden Presidency, with No Obvious Solution at Hand
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Source: Politico
Nov 14, 2021
Senate Likely to Take up Social Spending Bill in December as Dem Slog Continues
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