Your wallet is on the line: Washington has to get this week right
CNN
An epic week in Washington is underway: Congress is contending with budget reconciliation, an infrastructure plan and debt ceiling brinkmanship -- all at once! The outcome remains uncertain, and America's prosperity and wallets are held in the balance.
"You want me to be honest? It's going to be a week from hell," Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell told CNN Sunday.
Get ready for an eyes-glazed-over week of politics and process. But this DC sausage-making has implications for virtually every American family. What's happening right now is nothing less than a once-in a generation re-alignment of your kitchen table economics.
President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.
In the days and weeks leading up Hunter Biden’s trial on felony gun charges, President Joe Biden made little attempt to distance himself from his son. Instead, Hunter Biden was seen at the White House and in Delaware at his father’s side amid what the president’s allies acknowledge is a difficult moment for both men.