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        "summary": "More Democrats are backing the plan, which continues spending at current levels but does not include aid to Israel or Ukraine.",
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        "title": "House Speaker's Plan to Avert U.S. Government Shutdown Faces Critical 24 Hours",
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        "prettyDate": "November 13, 2023",
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        "summary": "If Speaker Mike Johnson's short-term plan for funding the U.S. government runs aground, the risk of a November 18 shutdown will skyrocket.",
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        "summary": "An overview of the ins and outs of compromise.",
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        "title": "Biden's Economic Plan Hits Crunch Time",
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        "prettyDate": "July 12, 2022",
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        "summary": "How President Joe Biden's budget reconciliation bill shakes out will influence what else Congress can accomplish before the midterms.",
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        "prettyDate": "December 08, 2021",
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        "summary": "The U.S. Congress agrees to a solution for the LIBOR crisis, which would automatically transition contracts to a new benchmark.",
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        "title": "U.S. Averts Shutdown—for Now",
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        "prettyDate": "December 03, 2021",
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        "summary": "Next up before year-end: considering the president's $2 trillion economic agenda and again lifting the federal debt ceiling.",
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        "prettyDate": "December 02, 2021",
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        "summary": "If a new stopgap funding measure does not pass by tomorrow, the federal government will be shut down this weekend.",
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        "title": "House Panel Passes $2 Trillion in Tax Hikes",
        "byline": "Erik Wasson, Kaustuv Basu & Allyson Versprille",
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        "prettyDate": "September 15, 2021",
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        "summary": "The House Ways and Means Committee approved tax increases on corporations, high earners, and capital gains.",
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        "prettyDate": "August 24, 2021",
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        "summary": "The budget resolution sets a mid-September deadline for the congressional committees drafting the tax and spending legislation.",
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        "byline": "Laura Litvan & Erik Wasson",
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        "prettyDate": "August 01, 2021",
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        "summary": "Bipartisan group has put finishing touches on the $550 billion bill.",
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