RAUL RUIZ

Access to health care for Native Americans across the U.S. will be bolstered with funding included in a government spending bill approved by Congress.

President Joe Biden has signaled he might forgive some student loan debt and further extend the federal moratorium on repayments.

Senate Democrats want to again try letting millions of immigrants stay temporarily in the U.S. as part of President Joe Biden's economic plan.

House Democratic leaders are trying to muscle President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle.

Congressional Democrats and immigration advocates are facing their best chance in years to overcome Republican opposition and give millions of people in the U.S. without legal authorization a way to become citizens.

They then voted 247-174 for a second measure creating similar protections for 1 million farm workers who have worked in the U.S. illegally. While “Dreamers” win wide public support and migrant farm workers are a backbone of the agriculture industry, both House bills face gloomy prospects in the evenly split Senate. Nine House Republicans joined all Democrats in voting for the “Dreamers” measure, but 30 GOP lawmakers backed the farm workers bill, giving it a more bipartisan hue. We don't know what their intentions are,” Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., said of immigrant farm workers who might seek legal status. AdMaine Rep. Jared Golden's vote against the farm workers measure made him the only Democrat to oppose either bill.

Nine House Republicans joined all Democrats in voting for the Dreamers measure but 30 GOP lawmakers backed the farm workers bill, giving it a more bipartisan hue. “These immigrant communities strengthen, enrich and ennoble our nation, and they must be allowed to stay.”Neither House measure would directly affect those trying to enter from Mexico. AdMaine Rep. Jared Golden's vote against the farm workers measure made him the only Democrat to oppose either bill. The Dreamer bill would grant conditional legal status for 10 years to many immigrants up to age 18 who were brought into the U.S. illegally before this year. The other bill would let immigrant farm workers who've worked in the country illegally over the past two years get certified agriculture worker status.