President Joe Biden signed an executive order last week that asks federal agencies to establish a roadmap for regulating cryptocurrency and identify risks and potential for innovation, US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler wrote on Twitter. “The rise in digital assets creates an opportunity to reinforce American leadership …
Read More »Former President Barack Obama Tests Positive For COVID-19
Former President Barack Obama announced on Twitter Sunday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Obama described his symptoms, saying he had a scratchy throat for a couple of days but was feeling fine. Former First Lady Michelle Obama has tested negative for COVID-19, Obama confirmed. He said he and …
Read More »Congress Hates Changing The Clocks Just Like Everyone Else
by Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent March 11, 2022 WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats in Congress can agree on sleep, or more precisely, the inconvenience of losing or gaining an hour of it each year thanks to going on and off daylight saving time. “I believe that any justifications for springing …
Read More »Kamala Harris Bridges The Fights For Democracy At Home And Abroad
Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris started her week in Selma, Alabama, marking the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a seminal battle of the civil rights movement and the catalyst for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Days later, Harris made stops …
Read More »$35 Insulin Cap Is Welcome, Popular, and Bipartisan. But Congress May Not Pass It Anyway.
Michael McAuliff Kaiser Health News Democrats in the Senate are primed this month to make their first attempt at salvaging one of the most popular elements of President Joe Biden’s stalled Build Back Better plan — the proposal to cap insulin costs at $35 a month. It might not go …
Read More »List: Major Companies Halting Business In Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has drawn criticism from across the globe, both from governments and private companies. While many world powers have leveled sanctions against Russia with massive economic consequences for the country, private businesses are also pulling out of Russian markets to signal their opposition to the war. Here …
Read More »Biden Moves To Suspend Trade Relations With Russia
by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent March 11, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday announced a new round of sanctions on Russia by the United States, as well as countries within the European Union and the Group of Seven nations. The latest round of joint economic restrictions will revoke Russia’s …
Read More »Texas Supreme Court Deals Final Blow To Federal Abortion Law Challenge
By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune March 11, 2022 The Texas Supreme Court dealt a final blow to abortion providers’ federal challenge to the state’s latest abortion restrictions Friday. The court ruled that state medical licensing officials do not have authority to enforce the law, which bans abortions after about …
Read More »Maryland Governor, Legislators Agree To Suspend Maryland Gas Tax For 30 Days
Maryland Gov Larry Hogan and state lawmakers agreed Thursday on legislation to suspend the state’s gas tax for 30 days. The emergency bill will land on the governor’s desk within days, and the gas tax holiday will commence after a special bill-signing ceremony. “Increased revenue projections for this year and …
Read More »House Condemns Bomb Threats Made Against HBCUs
by Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent March 8, 2022 WASHINGTON – The U.S. House on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning the weeks-long chain of bomb threats made to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The resolution, sponsored by North Carolina Democratic Rep. Alma Adams, is in response to the more than 30 bomb threats …
Read More »Senate Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill to Fund Government
The Senate voted Thursday evening to pass a $1.5 trillion spending bill to fund the government and provide nearly $14 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine, sending the must-pass measure to President Joe Biden’s desk before a midnight deadline Friday. In a 68-31 bipartisan vote that cleared the 60-vote threshold, …
Read More »The Only All-Black Women’s Unit Sent To Europe During WWII Is Awarded Congressional Medal
Mariel Padilla Originally published by The 19th Rep. Gwen Moore remembers the day a constituent called her office with a “fantastic, jaw-dropping story” about Black women’s contribution to the Second World War. The constituent’s mother, Anna Mae Robertson, was one of six surviving members of the country’s first and only …
Read More »Russian Energy Ban Passed By House
The House passed legislation late Wednesday that aims to ban Russian energy imports to the U.S. and give the president greater authority to sanction the Kremlin over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act, which passed the House with a strong bipartisan vote of 414-17, would …
Read More »Missouri Lawmaker Wants To Make Out-Of-State Abortions Illegal
A Republican state Representative in Missouri has proposed a measure that would make performing an abortion on a Missouri resident — or helping a Missouri resident get one — illegal. State Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman has attached amendments to a number of abortion bills currently being considered within the state …
Read More »House Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill to Fund Government
The House voted Wednesday night to pass a $1.5 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September and provide nearly $14 billion in critical aid to Ukraine. The bill includes $730 billion in non-defense funding, an increase of $46 billion over fiscal year 2021, and $782 billion in defense …
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