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“At the same time, I am hopeful it is only a first step and that the administration plans to take concrete measures holding Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally responsible for his role in this heinous crime,” Menendez said in a statement.
He said the U.S. “must send a clear signal to our allies and adversaries alike that fundamental values, including respect for basic human rights and human dignity, drive U.S. foreign policy,” adding there must also be “real consequences for individuals” like the crown prince.
“If not, autocrats around the world will get the message that impunity is the rule,” the senator added.
Trump Jr. also criticized Biden’s decision to end construction on the Keystone XL pipeline, accused him of “caving” to China, and blasted the new administration’s decision to launch airstrikes on Iran-backed militia targets in Syria on Thursday in retaliation for recent rocket attacks in Iraq.
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“Who would have thought within 33 days we’d be bombing the Middle East again,” Trump Jr. said. “Speaking of bombing the Middle East, have you seen Liz Cheney’s poll numbers?”
“I’m sure she has a lot of bipartisan support because if it’s one thing she and Joe Biden definitely want to do, it’s bomb the Middle East. Everything else is a disaster. Everything else is just RINO [Republican in name only] policies, the kinds of policies that put the Republican Party in a position where they needed a Donald Trump,” he continued.
For decades, the wages of everyday, working Americans have remained stagnate [sic] while monopoly corporations have consolidated industry after industry, securing record profits for CEOs and investment bankers, Hawley said in a statement. Mega-corporations can afford to pay their workers $15 an hour, and it’s long past time they do so, but this should not come at the expense of small businesses already struggling to make it.
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Progressive Democrats pushing for a $15 minimum wage suffered a blow Thursday night when Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the policy could not be included in the budget reconciliation process.
Democrats hoped to pass the wage as part of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package using the reconciliation process that only requires a simple majority to pass in the Senate.
“I don t have a commitment on that. I work closely with the president on working on endorsements to win seats in the House,” he told reporters at a press conference on Friday. “We did quite well [last cycle] you know, everybody said we d lose 20 seats.”
McCarthy said that his current focus is not on the 2022 election, arguing it is too far out to be his top priority.
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“So, what I have found is we ve worked very well together I think the election is a little further away,” he continued. “I m focused more on what the American people need so really my focus right now is not on politics, my focus is getting people back to work, back to school and back to health.
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