came out on top in clashes with other officials. with steve bannon in particular, you ll recall that bannon was fired from the trump white house just eight months into president trump s term in office. and jared kushner subscribes in this book the reaction of white house aides after bannon was fired, talking about one episode where steven miller joked about splitting up bannon s responsibilities as kushner and hope hicks calling different reporters that they believed bannon was leaking to. but again, ultimately offering a really interesting insight and portrayal of those fights inside the trump white house. and this time from jared kushner s mouth himself. not something we ve heard him speak on publicly before. jeremy diamond, thank you so much. it is turning out to be a highly productive time in congress for pushing forward several key bills that have been democratic priorities. senate majority leader chuck schumer and senator joe manchin announced this week a deal on an energy an
Turner, Stack Bill to Establish Standards for Expiration of Rental Housing Affordability Controls Advances December 17, 2020, 5:14 pm | in
Turner, Stack Bill to Establish Standards for Expiration of Rental Housing Affordability Controls Advances
Trenton – In an effort to assist tenants in moderate and low-income rental housing, the Senate today passed legislation sponsored by Senators Shirley K. Turner and Brian Stack that would establish standards for the expiration of rental housing affordability controls.
“With so many New Jerseyans struggling financially, rent increases have become a prominent issue for tenants. This legislation would put standards in place to prevent the unfair displacement of moderate and low-income tenants,” said Senator Turner (D-Mercer/Hunterdon). “The bill would prohibit a landlord from increasing rent in a manner that conflicts with affordability controls until the lease is up for renewal or the unit is vacant
as he said, not trivial. not at all. particularly when you have a 52 majority in the senate. remember, barack obama at this time was between 59 and 60 senate seats. democrats accomplished more if you ranked what they did, still it is a nice list but look at how they got there and how sloppy it s been and chaotic and how the president is and what happened in virginia and what happened in alabama. in a lot of ways i think 2017 is a rougher year than a very good year. what is interesting is take away the tax bill and those accomplishments are paltry. the tack bill gives it heft. which is why you see republicans not reading the bill if they don t have to. won t take questions. they are like please give us something and smart because at least we were able to accomplish something. the republican party look like a civil war, like they can t get along. there are people going into
church decades before. yeah. he s a man of redemption. and today he brought redemption and will bring redemption to washington. what does it feel like as a progressive to look at a guy getting in who probably couldn t get reelected down there if he voted progressive. will he get wiggle room to vote moderate on issues affecting his state. we have got a party runs the gamut of bernie sanders and joe gam you. i don t see that as much of an issue as what s in front of us right now. we have got the tax bill. i would hope that they are having trouble with that tack bill now. they should hold it off here. you have got a vast majority of americans against this tax bill. you have got a conservative state like alabama just like virginia just did saying we don t like this kind of
and will bring redemption to washington. what does it feel like as a progressive to look at a guy getting in who probably couldn t get reelected down there if he voted progressive. will he get wiggle room to vote moderate on issues affecting his state. we have got a party runs the gamut of bernie sanders and joe gam you. i don t see that as much of an issue as what s in front of us right now. we have got the tax bill. i would hope that they are having trouble with that tack bill now. they should hold it off here. you have got a vast majority of americans against this tax bill. you have got a conservative state like alabama just like virginia just did saying we don t like this kind of politics, we don t like the cutting of medicaid and medicare