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Last November, Portland voters passed a ballot measure to created Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF). On Thursday, the Portland City Council voted the fund into official city code. The PCEF establishes a one percent business tax on companies that annually make over a billion dollars nationally, and more than $500,000 locally. That money will be used for environmentally-friendly job creation and sustainable building projects that will benefit low-income people and people of color. It passed. ....
The Hill: House and Senate Democrats ironed out intraparty frictions to move quickly to hand Biden his first major legislative accomplishment and enact expanded unemployment and other emergency benefits before they expire on March 14.
The Hill and CNBC: A look at what s in the relief package, in addition to the big ticket items, such as the stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits.
Biden has said he will sign the American Rescue Plan Act right away, and he plans to deliver a prime time address on Thursday to mark one year since the first COVID-19 lockdown started as the virus began to spread across the United States. ....
Adam Goldman and Shaila Dewan, The New York Times Published: 24 Jan 2021 01:40 PM BdST Updated: 24 Jan 2021 01:40 PM BdST This driver s license photo from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, provided by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, shows Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police inside the US Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, Jan 6, 2021. The New York Times During the 4 1/2-hour attack on the Capitol on Jan 6, one of the moments when the mob came closest to the lawmakers they were pursuing took place just after 2:30 pm. ); } On one side of a set of antique wood and glass doors were dozens of lawmakers and their aides trying to evacuate the House chamber. ....
About 50% of Americans have unfavorable opinion of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Thirty-seven per cent of the participants regard Ocasio-Cortez favorably, including 18 per cent who have a very favorable view of her When respondents were asked if they prefer a free-market economic system or socialism, 75 per cent of participants answered free-market economic system Researchers said results show that a strong majority of likely voters believe the US should reject socialism and instead adopt free-market economic principles ....