
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.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











