Democrats try to eliminate $ 1.9 trillion in assist

Congress took its first major steps on Tuesday to pass the Democrats’ $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package. In a vote between 50 and 49 parties, the Senate voted to press ahead with a budget resolution that would set the reconciliation process in motion. The House followed suit and pushed a budget measure forward in …

Democrats and Republicans introduce bipartisan legislation to avoid wasting USPS

A non-partisan group of legislators in the House and Senate have joined forces to end the 15-year Republican sabotage of the US Postal Service. A press release from Rep. Pete DeFazio (D-OR) states: “Reps. Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Tom Reed (NY-23), Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Colin Allred (TX-32) and Senators Steve Daines (R-MT …

Democrats submit price range decision, Biden meets Republicans

President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on January 29, 2021. Nicholas Comb | AFP | Getty Images Democratic Congress leaders took the first step to pass sweeping coronavirus support law without GOP support on Monday when President Joe Biden heard a much smaller plan from Republicans. …

Pelosi and Schumer drop the hammer, revealing the instruments to rapidly implement Biden’s American rescue plan

Spokesman Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer tabled a joint budget resolution that would allow them to swiftly adopt Biden’s American rescue plan. Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement to PoliticusUSA: “It is a responsibility of Congress to provide immediate, comprehensive aid to the American people injured by COVID-19. The cost of inaction is …

Blinken calls for the discharge of Alexei Navalny in Russia

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny attends a rally marking the 5th anniversary of the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and protests against proposed changes to the country’s constitution on February 29, 2020 in Moscow, Russia. Shamil Zhumatov | Reuters WASHINGTON – Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken has condemned the Russian authorities’ “persistent use of tough …

Scotland stands able to be the primary federal authorities to research Trump’s funds

The Scottish Parliament will vote this week to launch a full investigation into Donald Trump’s finances and properties. The Scot said: “An opposition debate in the Scottish Parliament sets out the arguments that Ministers will bring to the Court of Session in response to growing concerns about the takeover of the former US President’s stake …

Legislators and activists are calling for removing from Congress

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), wearing a mask that reads “Trump won,” speaks to a colleague on the opening day of the 117th Congress on the opening day of the 117th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 3. 2021. Bill O’Leary | Reuters Lawmakers and activists are calling for newcomer GOP Georgia Rep. Marjorie …

Rob Portman’s Introduced Departure Unveils “Republican Principal Fable”

We keep hearing of divisions in the ranks of Republicans between those who have sold their souls to the party’s extremist arm, who are loyal to Trumpism and embody white supremacist and anti-democratic values, and those more traditional Republicans who insist on ideology sharply differentiate conservatism from Trumpism. The founders of the Anti-Trump-Lincoln Project adhere …

Two members of the Proud Boys have been charged with conspiracy in rioting within the US Capitol

Members of the right-wing extremist group Proud Boys make “OK” hand gestures indicating “white power” as supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in front of the US Capitol to oppose the certification of the results of the 2020 US presidential election United States Protest Congress in Washington, USA, January 6, 2021. Jim Urquhart | …

Trump White Home linked to home terrorists previous to the Capitol assault

The Trump White House was not very covert about its contacts with the insurgents who attacked the Capitol.Media Matters has discovered a new video: In a newly discovered video from a “Stop the Steal” rally in Arizona on December 19, organizer Ali Alexander bragged about being “on the phone” with “White House people” and appeared …