A bill to cap the cost of insulin prices at $35 per month for Americans with diabetes was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. The House approved H.R. 6833, also known as the Affordable Insulin Now Act, by a vote of 232-193, with all votes against coming …
Read More »Biden OKs Release Of 1 Million Barrels Of Oil A Day From Reserve
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun March 31, 2022 On Thursday, President Joe Biden said he would release 1 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve daily for the next six months and spur mining companies to increase their production of the materials used to power electric vehicles. …
Read More »Judge Rules Parts Of Florida Election Law Unconstitutional; Says It Suppresses Black Voters
On Friday, a federal judge struck down parts of Florida’s suppressive election law, S.B. 90, ruling that it violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The court will also retain jurisdiction of the case for ten years, during …
Read More »Senate Approves Bill To Ban The Sale Of Crib Bumpers For Infants
Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th The U.S. Senate last week approved a bipartisan measure to ban the sale of crib bumpers, which have been linked to dozens of deaths of infants and more than 100 serious injuries since 1985. “Parents will have one less thing to worry about” …
Read More »Upcoming Supreme Court Cases Could Curb Colleges’ Use Of Affirmative Action
by Allison Winter, Missouri Independent March 30, 2022 WASHINGTON — A U.S. Supreme Court dominated by conservative justices could fundamentally reshape the college admissions process later this year when it takes up two landmark cases challenging affirmative action in higher education. The court recently agreed to hear two cases that challenge race-conscious …
Read More »White House Launches ‘one-stop shop’ Website For COVID-19 Information
President Joe Biden on Wednesday introduced his administration’s new website, COVID.gov, designed to be a “one-stop shop” for the latest pandemic information, as well as a means of providing access to vaccines, tests, treatments and masks on a single site. Biden unveiled the site while asking Congress to approve an …
Read More »Sen. Susan Collins To Vote To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court
On Wednesday, Sen. Susan Collins became the first Republican to announce that she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In a written statement, the Republican from Maine said she has met with Jackson twice and has “concluded …
Read More »Florida Suing Biden Administration Over Transportation Mask Mandate
by Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix March 29, 2022 While a federal face mask mandate for public transportation hubs is set to expire in less than a month, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against the feds to block the requirement immediately. …
Read More »Biden Signs Bill Making Lynching A Federal Hate Crime
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed into law the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, legislation that makes lynching a federal hate crime. “Lynching was pure terror to enforce the lie that not everyone … belongs in America, not everyone is created equal,” President Biden said during a ceremony at the White …
Read More »Clarence Thomas Facing Pressure To Recuse Himself From Jan. 6 Cases
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun March 29, 2022 Two dozen congressional Democrats are calling for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from cases involving the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, following revelations his wife communicated with the Trump White House about overturning the election. …
Read More »Rep. Omar Reintroduces ‘Homes for All’ Act
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has reintroduced the Homes for All Act, which would dramatically expand the public housing stock in the United States and guarantee housing as a human right. The bill would authorize the construction of 12 million new public housing and private, permanently affordable rental units, driving down costs throughout …
Read More »Trump ‘more likely than not’ Committed Crimes Trying To Overturn 2020 Election
A US District Judge ruled that the House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol has a right to see emails written to former President Donald Trump by one of his former lawyers, John Eastman, and that “based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not …
Read More »Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Into Law
On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the “Parental Rights in Education” bill — also dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill – into law. The bill prohibits the discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms and also bars teaching those topics in other classrooms in …
Read More »Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS Confirmation Vote Set For Next Week
by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 28, 2022 The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee reopened partisan disagreements Monday as members scheduled a vote for April 4 on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Republicans’ criticisms of Jackson’s record and responses were either untrue or …
Read More »Biden Budget Plan Would Levy Minimum Tax On Billionaires, Boost National Security
by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent March 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden sent a new $5.8 trillion budget request to Congress on Monday that calls on lawmakers to institute a minimum tax on billionaires and boost spending on national security. The proposal, which lawmakers will undoubtedly change, asks Congress …
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