10 things you need to know today: February 27, 2021 Tim O Donnell
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The House passed President Biden s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package in a 219-212 vote nearly along party lines early Saturday. Two Democrats, Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) voted against the bill with Republicans, who consider it too expensive, taking particular opposition to measures like funding for state and local governments. The legislation, which includes $1,400 direct payments for individuals earning up to $75,000 per year (as well as couples earning a combined $150,000) and extends enhanced unemployment benefits through August, will now head to the Senate, where its contents could change. The bill includes a proposal that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025, but the Senate s nonpartisan parliamentarian ruled against its inclusion. Democratic senators are exploring alternatives on that front, but they re otherwise aiming to pass the bi
McConnell says would support Trump
‘WIDE-OPEN RACE’: The senate minority leader said that he knew of four people who would seek the Republican nomination for the 2024 US presidential election
AP, WASHINGTON
Less than a month after excoriating former US president Donald Trump in a blistering floor speech, US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said that he would “absolutely” support Trump again if he secured the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
McConnell told Fox News that there was still “a lot to happen between now” and the next presidential election.
“I’ve got at least four members that I think are planning on running for president, plus governors and others,” McConnell said. “There’s no incumbent. Should be a wide-open race.”
CPAC is ready to keep celebrating Trump
David Weigel, The Washington Post
Feb. 25, 2021
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Then-President Donald Trump hugs a U.S. flag as he takes the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 2, 2019. He will speak to CPAC on Sunday.Photo for The Washington Post by J. Lawler Duggan
One panel will discuss whether tech companies are colluding to deprive us of our humanity. One speech will explore what to do when a social media network de-platforms a conservative by deleting his account. And seven main-stage panels or speeches will litigate the 2020 election, with panelists who mostly - and incorrectly - argue that Donald Trump won.
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Former president Donald Trump will address the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, in Florida next week, about the future of the Republican party and the conservative movement, a source familiar with the plan told Reuters on Saturday. The CPAC meeting will be held in Orlando, Florida from 25 to 28 February, with Trump speaking on the final day, Reuters reported. “He’ll be talking about the future of the Republican party and the.