So much for unity, Joe: Biden s Rose Garden ceremony to mark passage of $1.9T COVID bill will feature NO Republicans: Psaki insists Oval Office door remains open
President Joe Biden will celebrate the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan in the White House Rose Garden Friday afternoon
The White House has invited 22 Democratic lawmakers, but no Republicans will be present because no GOP member of Congress voted for the bill
Press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday morning that the door to the Oval Office remains open to Republicans who want to work across the aisle
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She s inheriting an agency in crisis after the Senate confirmed her Wednesday in a 66-34 vote.
If Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) is confirmed as housing Secretary as expected, she’ll be confronting a cascade of crises. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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The Senate confirmed Marcia Fudge as the next housing secretary in a 66-34 vote Wednesday, clearing the way for her to take on a cascade of crises: millions of people facing eviction amid a pandemic, a rise in homelessness, soaring housing prices worsening a years-long affordable housing crunch.
And when Fudge reports for work at the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Brutalist headquarters in Southwest D.C. what her predecessor Ben Carson called the “ugliest building” in the city she’ll also be taking over an agency that is itself in crisis.
“We have worked closely with her for several years and highly recommend her for her intellect, her deep expertise on the federal budget and her determination to ensure that our budget reflects our values as a nation,” the statement reads, according to a report by
Young has also received bipartisan support among lawmakers. During a Senate Budget Committee meeting on Tuesday (March 2), Republican Sens.
Lindsay Graham and
John Neely Kennedy publicly vowed their support to Young, signaling strong support for to take on the director role.
Currently, the Biden administration has not officially named a new nominee for the Director role.
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