Republicans on three committees are fuming that they will be sidelined from putting their touch on the coronavirus relief package while the House Budget and Rules committees determine how some $12 billion in federal
President Biden will undergo coronavirus testing every two weeks as a precaution despite receiving his second dose of the vaccine earlier this year, the White House said Wednesday.
Expectations for meaningful legislation are high, but Rep. Joyce Beatty
“I think the pressure that we have is on our side . we elected two new senators who were basically unknown to the nation . and that was in part because of Black women and Black Americans,” Beatty told The Hill. “I think we are well-positioned to lead on voting rights and civil rights issues.”
The surprise blue sweep in Georgia heavily credited to Stacey Abrams and the Peach State’s other Black voting rights activists returned razor-thin control of the upper chamber back to Democrats. Vice President Harris will cast tie-breaking votes in the 50-50 Senate.
President Biden will meet with a bipartisan group of mayors and governors at the White House on Friday as he advocates for his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal.
Republican senators say former President Trump’s second impeachment trial is going to divide the parties and make it tougher to reach a bipartisan deal on COVID-19 relief legislation.