By Mike Lillis - 03/03/21 03:51 PM EST
Liberal House Democrats are grumbling over the Senate s move to reduce eligibility for stimulus checks in a COVID-19 relief package, but say they won t block the legislation when it returns to the lower chamber for a vote. What we did over here was something that I wish the Senate would just accept. But they have their own realities that they have to deal with, said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the chairman of the House Rules Committee. It s not what I would have preferred, but we have to get this package done.
House Democrats last week passed a massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that included a new round of stimulus checks, providing $1,400 for individuals earning up to $75,000 annually and couples earning up to $150,000. The cash stipend would phase out, under the House bill, at income levels of $100,000 for individuals and $200,000 for couples.
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Hate incidents against Asian Americans have skyrocketed more than 3,000 have been reported since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year and Democratic lawmakers and community activists say that rise is directly linked to former President Trump
“As we celebrate the Lunar New Year, a source of joy, it s also a source of pain for us at this time because of all of these incidents,” Pelosi said on a Zoom news conference with the leaders of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Black Caucus and Hispanic Caucus a show of solidarity with the Asian American community.
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“Our diversity is our strengths, our unity is our power. And we have unity on this subject,” Pelosi said.
The Speaker said in a Dear Colleague letter that the impeachment trial and Ret. Gen. Russel Honoré’s initial security review into how to prevent a similar incident make it “clear” that “we must get to the truth of how this happened.”
“To protect our security, our security, our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission,” she said.
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The commission would “investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021 domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex as well as relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power, including facts and causes relating to the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol Police and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the National Capitol Region,” Pelosi said.
By Juliegrace Brufke - 02/02/21 09:48 PM EST
The House Republican Steering Committee on Tuesday night did not reach a decision on whether Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
The meeting, which lasted more than an hour, happened shortly after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy No decision. A lot of options on the table. . We’ll likely meet again tomorrow, one GOP lawmaker said.
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Greene, who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy in the past, has come under fire for previously voicing support for executing Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Democrats have been quick to seize on her inflammatory rhetoric, attempting to make the Georgia Republican the face of the party as they look to gain seats in 2022. In the House, Democrats such as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
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