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Biden has called for more than $4 trillion in new spending for his infrastructure plan.
Democrats will likely pass a bill under reconciliation if no bipartisan deal is reached.
Trade groups and lawmakers, meanwhile, are tapping experts to decipher the Senate s complex rules.
President Joe Biden has called for more than $4 trillion in spending and increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations as a way to pay for his ambitious infrastructure plan. He s pushing for bipartisan action, but that could be tricky as lawmakers spar over the cost and some of the details in his proposal.
Tiffany Ge was recently promoted by Sen. Mitch McConnell. Photo provided.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 28, 2021) University of Kentucky alumna Tiffany Ge was promoted to legislative director of the personal office of U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in Washington, D.C. Ge, from Louisville, Kentucky, joined the senator’s office in 2017 as legal counsel and manages an extensive legislative portfolio.
As legislative director, Ge will oversee all Kentucky-focused legislative matters for the senator and manage the policy staff. She will continue to serve as legal counsel and handle the Judiciary and Law Enforcement policy portfolios. She will be a key link with the senator’s leadership office and communicate daily with Kentuckians.
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Sasserâs lawsuit alleges that by punishing him for his speech, UGA and others infringed on his constitutional rights, including the right to free speech.
Motions to dismiss Sasser s amended claim argued that Sasserâs suit contained many factual errors.
Additionally, the complaint alleges that Sasserâs speech is not entitled to First Amendment protections because the racial slur he used constitutes âfighting words.â Fighting words are defined by the Supreme Court as words that inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.â
Sasserâs amended complaint argues that his use of the slur was intended to be positive and in support of Fields.
Thomas Colby, law professor at The George Washington University Law School
Justin Hansford, Law Professor at Howard University Law School
Explaining the road to statehood
What does the Constitution say about statehood?
The Constitution grants general state-creation powers to Congress in Article IV, Section 3, under what s called the admissions clause:
“New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress, it reads.
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