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In recognition of National Recovery Month, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee released a new analysis that finds the opioid epidemic cost the United States a record of nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020.
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Despite the first White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health having been held more than 50 years ago, Americans continue to face hunger and an urgent, nutrition-related health crisis.
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The Presidential Election Reform Act is headed to a Senate vote. The legislation passed the House on September 21 with a vote of 210-209.
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The Preventing a Patronage System Act passed the House of Representatives on Sept. 15 with all Democrats and six Republicans in favor.
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The Veterans’ Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2022 would increase the compensation rates of certain Department of Veterans Affairs benefits.
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As part of their vision for the future, Amtrak has pledged to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across their network by 2045.
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The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act of 2021.
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The campaign of Second District Congresswoman Elaine Luria released its seventh and eighth television ads for 2022 this week.
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President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the U.S. Department of Education have announced a three-part plan to help working and middle-class federal student loan borrowers transition back to regular payment as pandemic-related support expires.
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Searches for “sell my house” were up 147 percent in July, according to an analysis of Google search data by RubyHome, a troubling finding showing just how much Americans are feeling jittery about talk of an upcoming recession.
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