House passes bill raising debt limit despite GOP opposition - September 22, 2021

The House passed a bill suspending the debt limit and preventing a government shutdown in an effort to prevent economic loss and distress. The legislation is likely to fall in the Senate as many GOP members have voiced their opposition to raising the debt ceiling. If the Senate rejects the plan, the government would run out of authorization to keep paying U.S. obligations sometime in October. Debt-Limit Suspension Passes House, Faces Standoff in Senate - The Wall Street Journal Congress's failure to lift debt ceiling would devastate US economy, study finds - The Washington Post @vermontgmg: The unseriousness of the GOP in governing over the last decade is the greatest modern threat the US faces. The debt ceiling is an insane self-destruct button in the US Gov that the GOP continues to play chicken with. Google announced plans to buy a $2.1 billion sprawling Manhattan office building on the Hudson River waterfront, one of the highest prices spent for an office building in the U.S. in recent years. Despite recently delaying plans to return to the office until January, the search engine giant joins other tech companies investing in prime real estate, signaling a jolt of optimism in the industry. Los Angeles firm spends $490 million on Seattle office building leased by Amazon - The Seattle Times Hines, Korean Pension Fund Bet Big on San Francisco Comeback - The Wall Street Journal They Never Could Work From Home. These Are Their Stories. - The New York Times Ready your organization for a hybrid work model - Fast Company @JimmySpencer: There’s a lot of good points about remote work in 2021. Work-life balance being chief among them. But when I look at my career, if it consisted of just remote and no work-social life, there’s no way I could have grown, learned and enjoyed work the same. It’s not all or nothing. President Joe Biden outlined a U.S. foreign-policy vision rooted in global alliances during his address to the UN, saying big issues facing the world, like climate change and the pandemic, can only be