i talked to the fed about a whole range of things monetary policy and inflation. after the president released the barrels into the emergencies stockpile oil, the interior department laid out plans to make fossil fuel companies pay more to drill on federal land and water, it called for boosting the governments royalty rate possibly to come in line with oil and gas producing states but it notably does not recommend stopping new leases on federal land to address the climate crisis, that is something the president did campaign on. jacqui heinrich live at nantucket. black friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year and a green flag to start the holiday scramble. fox business correspondent hillary vaughn is in rockaway, new jersey, tonight to tell us what she is seeing. black friday is back, holiday shoppers tired of being cooped up in quarantine last christmas,
Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, has flagged off the National COVID-19 vaccination Campaign, aimed at ramping up coverage to at least 50% of the eligible target population by 31st January 2022.
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and that s the president s challenge now on the senate side to tell democrats, look, we need to campaign on this. if we don t have this to campaign on, we re done. and two key policy changes that we ve touched on here. look, on paid family and medical leave, advocates are arguing it s very popular and should be included, but senator manchin does not believe that this bill is the place for paid family leave. he hasn t changed his position on that and continues to believe that it could get bipartisan support potentially as a stand-alone bill at some point in the future. when you talk about the state and local tax deduction and compromises that could be made on that, one pathway forward that s being talked about is having anyone who makes under $400,000 a year lifting the cap on that for them. the white house, where are they on this? they are a little agnostic to be honest. they are saying that this isn t something that the president ever wanted in the first place that understands in
next year, going into a mid-term, people might not know this but congress essentially shuts down. it will largely be a do-nothing year so members have time campaign. so those in the middle in the bulk of the competitive congressional seats will have time, will be protected from making controversy votes. so next year, congress essentially shuts down. and then moving into 23 and his own re-election in 2024, there won t be a lot of activity if joe biden does not control both halves of congress. so the next three months are critical. he has to pass an infrastructure bill. but i think that he has done enough, child tax credit, ending the war in afghanistan. he s done enough to campaign on. but these three months are critical. he has to produce. next year will be a shutdown year. i think could you definitely argue it s a little early for all this angst and hand wringing