A little known but powerful Senate official is being thrust into the spotlight this week as Democrats are eager to see whether an increase to the federal minimum wage will be kept in President Joe Biden’s Covid relief package.
A newly proposed Tennessee bill would give immunity to drivers who unintentionally hit protesters blocking streets
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A newly proposed bill in Tennessee would make it even more difficult to protest in the state -- by making obstructing a highway a felony and giving immunity to drivers who unintentionally injure or kill those in the...
Gov. Texas. Abbott stalled federal offer to test migrants then blamed them for spreading Covid
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Gov. Texas. Greg Abbott is stalling efforts by the Biden administration to provide federal funds for Covid-19 tests for migrants released from custody, a senior Homeland Security official tells CNN. After relaxing st...
Senate gears up for marathon effort in push for Covid relief
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Washington The Senate is bracing for a marathon effort and a late night of voting on amendments before lawmakers take a final vote on President Joe Biden's $ 1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill -- it's just not yet cl...
Schumer kondig die vroulike sersant-tot-wapen-span aan na die Amerikaanse Capitol-oproer
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Die leier van die Senaat, Chuck Schumer, het Woensdag 'n vroulike leierspan van die Senaat-wapen aangekondig, nadat die vorige sersant bedank het as deel van die neerslag vanaf Januarie 6 opstand ...
Pence beywer valse eise vir verkiesingsbedrog om die Demokratiese hervormingswetsontwerp aan die kaak te stel
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Voormalige visepresident Mike Pence gryp 'n demokratiese geleide inisiatief aan om die standaarde van die verkiesing te stroomlyn om weer valse bewerings van onreëlmatighede te stem in een van sy eerste openbare verklarings sedert sy vertrek..
Die 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022
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Senate elections typically happen only every two years -- except sometimes they're three years in a row. Democrats picked up two seats in November 2020. They won two more in Georgia runoffs in January 2021. En in ...
Senate confirms Cecilia Rouse to be Biden’s top economist
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The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's nomination of Cecilia Rouse to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. The vote on Tuesday was 95-4. Rouse, a labor economist and dean of the Princeton School of Public and...
Vernon Jordan, burgerregte leier en noue bondgenoot van Bill Clinton, sterf
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Washington Vernon Jordan, 'n burgerregte leier en noue adviseur van oudpresident Bill Clinton, Maandagaand oorlede, verskeie bronne na aan die gesin vertel CNN. Hy was 85. The former president of the National ...
Senate Democrats drop proposal to penalize companies for not providing $15 minimumloon
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Senate Democrats decided Sunday to abandon an alternative proposal to penalize companies for not providing a $ 15 minimum wage to their employees, the latest indication that boosting the federal minimum wage in thi...
Terwyl een Virginia-distrik voorberei om weer oop te maak, opvoeders en gesinne balanseer Covid-voorsorgmaatreëls en normale onderrig
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Rose Moore staan voor 'n klaskamer, opleiding van 'n onderwyser oor tegnologie en veiligheid vir persoonlike leer. Dit is die 44ste keer dat die assistenthoof by die Holmes Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, het d ...
Dit is die VSA’ dodelikste sneeustortingseisoen in jare. Kenners sê dat Covid gedeeltelik die skuld kry
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Die koronavirus-pandemie het die Amerikaanse ekonomie verwoes, gesondheidsorgstelsel en skole. Sommige kenners meen dat dit ook die skuld het vir 'n onlangse toename in stortvloedgevalle. Ernstig. Tot dusver hierdie winterseisoen, 32 peop ...
Why Democrats should still fight for a $15 minimumloon
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Democrats' quest for a $ 15/hour minimum wage may be over before it even began. The Senate parliamentarian ruled this week that it cannot be passed, as currently constructed, by reconciliation as part of Democrats'...