Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief of staff, Tina Flournoy, is leaving the administration and will be replaced by top adviser Lorraine Voles, Harris said on Thursday, the latest shake-up in the vice president’s office. The departure of Flournoy comes less than a month after Harris announced that her deputy chief of …
Read More »Vice President Harris Announces Steps to Ease Americans’ Medical Debt
The Biden administration is taking action to lessen the burden for Americans dealing with medical debt, Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday. “Some debt collection companies harass consumers with dozens of phone calls a week,” Harris said during a briefing in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office …
Read More »Ketanji Brown Jackson At White House: ‘We’ve made it, all of us’
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun April 8, 2022 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson accepted her dual roles Friday as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice and as a symbol of racial progress. Speaking outside the White House with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris looking on, and her …
Read More »White House Announces $500 Million In Grants To Improve Energy Efficiency In Schools
The Biden administration has announced that it is launching a $500 million Department of Energy grant program aimed at making the nation’s school facilities more energy efficient. The Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure will award grants to school systems so they can carry out building improvements, such as …
Read More »Biden Administration To Give Federal Employees Time Off To Vote, Work The Polls
The Biden administration last week announced that federal agencies will now allow employees to take time off to vote in federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial elections. Employees may also use leave to serve as non-partisan poll workers or observers. Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the new guidance from the …
Read More »White House Releases Plan To Combat Racial Bias In Housing Appraisals
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday unveiled an action plan to stop racial bias in the appraisal of home values. The 21-step plan seeks to improve oversight and accountability in the home appraisal business. It includes a legislative proposal to modernize the governance structure of the appraisal industry. Harris asserted …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris Announces Federal Security Grants For HBCUs That Received Bomb Threats
On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris and the U.S. Department of Education announced that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that have recently experienced bomb threats are eligible to apply for grant funds under the Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) program. Project SERV provides short-term immediate funding …
Read More »Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Tests Positive For COVID
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the vice president’s office. “Earlier today, the Second Gentleman tested positive for COVID-19,” Sabrina Singh, deputy press secretary for the vice president, said in a statement. “Out of an abundance of caution, …
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 »VP Kamala Harris Commemorates 57th Anniversary Of ‘Bloody Sunday’
Vice President Kamala Harris and numerous civil rights, voting rights, social justice, political and labor leaders were in Selma, Alabama on Sunday commemorating the anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and the crossing of Edmund Pettus Bridge. The Vice President was joined by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge, Secretary …
Read More »10 Million Households Have Signed Up For Broadband Affordability Program
Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that 10 million households have signed up for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides low-income Americans with a subsidy to help pay for broadband service. The subsidy was made possible through the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill Congress passed last year. In remarks at …
Read More »White House Task Force Moves To Strengthen Labor Unions
A White House task force on labor released a report Monday with the goal of making it easier for federal employees and contractors to join unions. Most Americans are interested in joining unions, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment found, but union membership is declining. Compared …
Read More »Voting Rights Bills Once Again Blocked By Republicans
Senate Republicans once again blocked a pair of voting rights bills in a Wednesday evening procedural vote, holding firm in their opposition to a top priority of President Joe Biden and prompting Democrats to take up filibuster reform – even without full party support. In an expected loss, Democrats failed to …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris Calls For Voting Rights Action On Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Vice President Kamala Harris pushed for action on federal voting rights legislation during a virtual appearance at a Georgia event to commemorate what would have been the 93rd birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The event, which was televised by the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, …
Read More »Biden Addresses The Nation One Year After January 6 Insurrection
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the nation on Thursday, marking the anniversary of the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. Speaking from Statuary Hall in the Capitol, where Trump supporters violently surged, President Biden said the US …
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