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Biden prioritizes ambitious pandemic response plan

by Kimberly Adams

Nov 30, 2020

Biden can change things like messaging from day one in the White House. But other action will require Congress.

President-elect Joe Biden listens to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris make a statement at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on Nov. 16, 2020.

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AP source: Biden taps ex-Fed chair Yellen to lead treasury

by Associated Press

Nov 23, 2020

Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that her department would have to take "extraordinary measures" to keep the U.S. government from defaulting on its debt.

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