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What are the specifics of President Biden's proposed federal budget?
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    Highest debt since WWII, looming fight on taxes: Takeaways from President Joe Biden's budget.
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    Although Biden campaigned on lowering the enrollment age for Medicare and creating a public insurance option, his plan does not include a way to do that. Instead, the proposal only calls on Congress to take action this year to lower prescription drug costs and expand and improve health coverage.
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    Biden angered anti-abortion activists and pleased abortion rights groups by [not including] a ban on federal funding of most abortions [known as the Hyde amendment]. The real fight will be in Congress where Democrats may not be able to keep the Hyde amendment from being added to spending bills as it has been for decades.
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    Biden's budget assumes that reductions in taxes approved in 2017 under President Donald Trump will still expire in 2025, as is current law. If that happens, however, that would violate Biden's campaign to not raise taxes on Americans making $400,000 or less.
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Why is the US Postal Service increasing stamp prices?


    Under the proposal, the price of a first-class stamp would increase for the first time since Jan. 27, 2019, to 58 cents from 55 cents. The plan would also lengthen promised delivery times, reduce post offic...

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Why is Colombia's government sending the military to quell protests?


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No - First off, masks outdoors for anyone has no scientific rationale behind it. The virus is very hard to transmit outdoors. Second, these are children, who are already in an exceptionally low risk category. We’ve already done enough to damage our children’s mental health by keeping them away from their friends and school.


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