Democrats Want to Spend Trillions on Infrastructure. Can It Pass?
Democrats appear to be staggered over which policy matters to pivot to next, but it seems likely that the focal points will be on infrastructure and clean energy.
Just as President Joe Biden and Democrats scored a legislative win with the $1.9 trillion rescue package, party members are already debating the next big-spending initiative to jam through Congress, despite the soaring national debt incurred largely from pandemic-related measures.
Democrats passed the coronavirus relief bill this week through budget reconciliation, a legislative process with wonky rules that avoid a GOP filibuster and doesn’t require a single Republican vote. With tight margins in both congressional chambers, Democrats are reportedly turning to the same procedure to push through more of the base’s agenda and demands if negotiations fall flat with the GOP.
Will Josh Hawley Run for President in 2024?
Hawley, whose upper chamber seat is up-for-grabs in 2024, has firmly rejected the presidential speculations, noting that his focus is on serving Missouri.
It looks like Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) political ambitions ignited way before he swiped a Democratic incumbent’s seat in the 2018 midterm elections.
“Josh Hawley, president 2024,” Hawley wrote when he signed a friend’s eighth-grade yearbook. The same yearbook labeled Hawley and the book s owner, “future presidents,”
Hawley is now among the growing list of conservatives who are widely expected to launch a 2024 presidential bid and take the reins of the scattered GOP. The firebrand senator has grappled national attention in recent months, as he was the first to announce he would vote against the certification of the Electoral College results that confirmed President Joe Biden’s White House win a move that energized the former president’s supporters and the only sen
Experts: Now Is the Time to Invoke the 25 Amendment on Trump
The fact that Vice President Mike Pence had to activate the National Guard tells Americans that he no longer has confidence that President Donald Trump can execute his duties. So, in a sense, the 25th Amendment has already been invoked.
After a violent, deadly mob tackled through the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting the electoral college certification to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, several lawmakers joined in an effort to remove President Donald Trump from office through the 25th Amendment.
There have also been talks among members of Trump’s cabinet and close allies over invoking the amendment, according to ABC News, but it’s unclear how serious the discussions are.
There are others who have broken from the party, but do not expect a wave of defections.
Rep. Paul Mitchell of Michigan formally declared that he is leaving the GOP due to President Donald Trump’s baseless attempts at reversing the election results.
Mitchell sent a letter to Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), which was obtained by CNN, requesting that the clerk of the House change his party affiliation to “independent” for the remainder of his term, confirming his withdrawal from the Republican party.
The outgoing Michigan congressman noted that although he voted for Trump in the 2020 election as the president’s policies during the last four years have been “positive for our nation,” Mitchell said it is “unacceptable” for politicians to “treat our election system as though we are a third- world nation and incite distrust of something so basic as the sanctity of our vote.”
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