On Tuesday, President Joe Biden traveled to Michigan to stump for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan and the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, also known as the Build Back Better Act. Biden told the Michigan audience that “we’re at an inflection point” and “we risk losing our edge as a nation” and …
Read More »Biden administration reverses Trump rule banning abortion referrals
On Monday, the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era policy that blocked federal funding to family planning clinics that give referrals to patients for abortions. Under former President Donald Trump, clinics were banned from referring patients for abortions. The Department of Health and Human Services said the new regulation would restore …
Read More »Biden To GOP On Debt Ceiling: ‘Get Out Of The Way’
President Joe Biden is urging Republicans not to use the filibuster to block Democrats in the Senate from raising the U.S. debt ceiling. “If you don’t want to help save the country, get out of the way, so you don’t destroy it,” said Biden during remarks delivered Monday. “We don’t …
Read More »Senate Republicans Block Government Funding; Debt Ceiling Increase
Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Democrats on Monday evening to begin debate on a broad bill funding the government and increasing the debt ceiling. The measure to briefly keep the government operating past the end of the fiscal year on Thursday, as well as to increase the debt ceiling …
Read More »Pelosi: ‘Must Pass’ Spending, Infrastructure And Funding Bill This Week
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlined a “time of intensity” this week, saying her caucus “must pass” President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act, a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal, and a bill to keep the government open as it will run out of money on Thursday, September 30. The …
Read More »Police Reform Bill Talks Fall Apart After Months Of Negotiations
Lawmakers on Wednesday said bipartisan negotiations on a police reform bill have broken down after months of talks. The talks wrapped up as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., called head Republican negotiator Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. to say the sides could not reach an agreement, NBC News reported. “After months of …
Read More »Biden doubles US global donation of COVID-19 vaccine shots
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the U.S. would double its global donation of vaccines and buy another 500 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to share with low- and middle-income countries by next year. JUST IN: Pres. Biden announces the U.S. is donating another 500 million doses of …
Read More »Bush, Warren Introduce The Keeping Renters Safe Act of 2021
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Cori Bush, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and over three dozen of their colleagues introduced the Keeping Renters Safe Act of 2021 to enact an urgently needed nationwide eviction moratorium. In direct response to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s initial eviction moratorium on the grounds that …
Read More »White House To Produce 100,000 Affordable Homes Over Next 3 Years
The White House has announced that the government will create and sell 100,000 affordable homes over the next three years. President Joe Biden has pledged to spend $350 billion for housing units in rural and urban areas as part of the $3.5 trillion package that is being considered by Congress. Marcia …
Read More »24 Attorney’s General Support Biden’s Efforts To Block Texas’ Abortion Ban
24 Attorney’s General filed an amicus brief supporting President Joe Biden‘s attempt to block Texas’ controversial six-week abortion ban. “Today, virtually no one can obtain an abortion in Texas,” the brief reads. “In order to obtain abortion care, patients now have to travel out-of-state, which makes abortion for many people …
Read More »Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal in congressional hearing
Senators on Tuesday grilled Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan which Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. called “fatally flawed.” Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pledged to hold the Biden administration accountable for the U.S. exit from Afghanistan as Blinken testified before Congress for the …
Read More »President Biden Names Seventh Round of Judicial Nominees
President Joe Biden has announced his seventh round of judicial nominees for the federal bench. As has been the case with previous rounds of judicial nominees, the new round continues to fulfill the President’s promise to nominate individuals that ensure that reflect the diversity in the country — both in terms …
Read More »President Biden commemorates 9/11 at three attack sites
President Joe Biden commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with visits to each of the three sites where hijacked planes crashed in 2001, honoring the victims of the assault. Biden began the day in New York, where he and first lady Jill Biden attended a ceremony at the …
Read More »Unvaccinated Individuals Are 11 Times More Likely To Die From COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared results from a study on Friday that found that unvaccinated individuals are eleven times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to vaccinated people. The study also found that unvaccinated individuals are ten times more likely to be hospitalized and are …
Read More »President Biden Withdraws ATF Chief Nomination For David Chipman
President Joe Biden on Thursday withdrew his nomination for David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Chipman has been ensnared in a battle with gun rights groups and Congress members and failed to capture the votes he needed. “He would have been exemplary Director …
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