House Republicans are holding the U.S. economy and millions of workers hostage by threatening not to raise the debt limit unless Democrats agree to massive cuts to critical government programs.

But caving into Republican demands for massive cuts would be no less disastrous: austerity would trigger a year-long recession and put 2.6 million people out of work.

So the question I have here is, if the law had not-- let us not just do stress tests.

In 2018 though, Trump's bank deregulation law and the door it opened for Fed Chair Powell to further hack away at the rules created an exception to annual Fed-administered stress tests.

The bridges are vital assets for the Cape Cod economy but they are in desperate need of replacement.

However, according to the Federal Highway Administration nearly 69,000 highway bridges--that is more than 1 out of every 10 highway bridges in the whole country--are currently classified as 'structurally deficient.'

We need Federal funds.

But caving into Republican demands for massive cuts would be no less disastrous: austerity would trigger a year-long recession and put 2.6 million people out of work.

The Biden administration has made historic investments in our infrastructure, including through the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act.

On Monday, President Biden called on Congress and regulators to 'strengthen the rules for banks to make it less likely that this kind of bank failure will happen again.'

On Monday, President Biden called on Congress and regulators to 'strengthen the rules for banks to make it less likely that this kind of bank failure will happen again.'

The bridges are vital assets for the Cape Cod economy but they are in desperate need of replacement.

These bank failures were the direct result of policymakers' decisions over the last 5 years, beginning with a 2018 law signed by President Trump.

I am committed to making sure that that happens, both in Massachusetts and all around the country.

Certainly, default would be catastrophic: according to a recent analysis, even a days-long debt ceiling breach would trigger a recession and cost nearly 1 million Americans their jobs.

We need Federal funds.

The Biden administration has made historic investments in our infrastructure, including through the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act.

House Republicans are holding the U.S. economy and millions of workers hostage by threatening not to raise the debt limit unless Democrats agree to massive cuts to critical government programs.

Certainly, default would be catastrophic: according to a recent analysis, even a days-long debt ceiling breach would trigger a recession and cost nearly 1 million Americans their jobs.

These bank failures were the direct result of policymakers' decisions over the last 5 years, beginning with a 2018 law signed by President Trump.

The bridges are vital assets for the Cape Cod economy but they are in desperate need of replacement.

In 2018 though, Trump's bank deregulation law and the door it opened for Fed Chair Powell to further hack away at the rules created an exception to annual Fed-administered stress tests, letting banks from $50 billion to $250 billion…

We need Federal funds.

But caving into Republican demands for massive cuts would be no less disastrous: austerity would trigger a year-long recession and put 2.6 million people out of work.

It would also diminish gross domestic product (GDP) by almost 3 percent over the next decade, the equivalent of putting the entire U.S. economy on pause for a full year.