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President Biden and House Democrats are planning a nationwide tour to sell voters on trillions of dollars in spending.

Politics & Government

Democrats launch a nationwide sales pitch for Biden's agenda

12:15pm November 17, 2021

by Kelsey Snell

President Biden and House Democrats are planning more than 1,000 events in the coming weeks to try to sell voters on the Build Back Better plan as they face sour poll numbers.

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NC Gov. Cooper says he'll sign 2-year budget bill into law

11:04am November 17, 2021

by Associated Press

North Carolina Democratic Gov.

News brief: Pfizer booster, Democrats promote Biden's plans, Blinken's Africa trip

7:38am November 17, 2021

All vaccinated adults could soon be eligible for a Pfizer COVID-19 booster. Democrats begin a nationwide drive to try to sell President Biden's agenda. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Africa.

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Democrats launch a nationwide drive to sell the public on President Biden's plans

5:50am November 17, 2021

President Biden and congressional Democrats are trying to show voters the benefits of the infrastructure bill that's now law, and the Build Back Better plan they are trying to pass.

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President Biden speaks about his infrastructure bill at a bridge across the Pemigewasset River in Woodstock, N.H., which has been declared structurally unsafe.

Biden picks a rickety New Hampshire bridge as a scene to sell his infrastructure bill

6:22pm November 16, 2021

by Alana Wise

The president made a first stop in New Hampshire to promote the $1 trillion infrastructure law. Members of his cabinet will crisscross the nation in the coming days to boost the new law.

President Biden has yet to make nominations for many administration jobs, some of which are being filled by temporary appointees whose tenure is about to end.

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Time has run out on some Biden administration appointees

6:16pm November 16, 2021

by Brian Naylor

The Vacancies Act says many temporary government appointees cannot remain in their posts after the 300th day of a president's first year in office.

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President Biden participates in a virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Roosevelt Room of the White House Monday.

Biden and China's Xi strike 'respectful' tone in video chat amid tension

6:06pm November 16, 2021

by John Ruwitch

The meeting lasted more than three hours as the two sides sought to make sure their competition does not turn into conflict.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger talks about the future of Build Back Better

4:52pm November 16, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., about Biden's policy agenda and the future of the social spending package, Build Back Better.

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Mayor Kim Janey wipes away tears as she delivers a farewell address in Roxburys Hibernian Hall in Boston, marking her historic term as the first woman and first Black mayor of Boston on Nov. 10.

Why Boston will need to wait longer for its 1st elected Black mayor

4:30pm November 16, 2021

by Tovia Smith

Asian American Michelle Wu is Boston's first elected mayor who isn't a white man. While many celebrate the milestone, others lament that all the Black candidates failed.

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Winston-Salem City Council approves new $3M grant program for small businesses, nonprofits

10:01am November 16, 2021

by April Laissle

The Winston-Salem City Council unanimously approved a new $3 million program designed to help local nonprofits and small businesses stay afloat.