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Joe Biden paused along the parade route just before entering the White House on inauguration day to answer a question from a journalist about how he felt: “It feels like I’m going home.”
With just one full week in the Oval Office under his belt, the new president did not hesitate making the place his own, rolling out at least 100 noteworthy executive actions, policy proposals and memorandums designed to shape the White House agenda over the next four years.
Not to mention that the West Wing was given a facelift before Mr Biden even arrived to sign his first suite of 17 executive orders, with redesigned interior decorations including new drapes and artwork.
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The Senate voted to confirm three new commissioners to the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday after the agency spent years without a quorum or the ability to enforce campaign finance laws. But legal experts expect little to change due to partisan gridlock.
The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Republicans Allen Dickerson and Sean Cooksey and Democrat Shana Broussard, all of whom were nominated by President Donald Trump, filling all six seats for the first time since 2017. Broussard was approved with overwhelming bipartisan support while the votes on the two Republicans split mostly down party lines.
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The panel is required to have no more than three members of one party. It now has three Republicans, including FEC Chair Trey Trainor, Democrats Ellen Weintraub and Broussard, and independent Steven Walther, who typically votes with Democrats. The agency has been without a quorum for most of the past year and without a full slate since 2017. The lack
Hours after the U.S. reported a staggering 3,000 coronavirus deaths in just 24 hours, the Department of Labor announced Thursday that an additional 1.3 million Americans filed jobless claims last week, further bolstering the case for a bold relief package and spotlighting the cruelty of the Republic.