Biden chastised Republicans for falling in line behind Trump's election lies. “Today, we call on Congress to get done what history will judge," Mr. Biden said, "pass the freedom to vote act.” His presentation was forceful, blunt, and explicit, referring to new efforts to limit voting access as “Jim Crow 2.0.”
January 14, 2022Youngkin, 54, declared victory after a campaign in which he focused on parents’ anger over schools’ handling of Covid-19, as well as touching on race and gender issues.
November 7, 2021"The United States must do everything in its power to seize any illicitly gained funds that were corruptly embezzled by President Ghani. If he diverted funds from their intended purposes, the US should bring him to justice."
August 26, 2021As the Senators are set to resume a weekend session toward passage of a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, momentum has dragged as a few Republican senators refused to yield 30 hours of required debate before the next set of procedural votes, which could delay its swift passage. “We can get this done the easy …
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August 8, 2021A collapse could also trigger fresh internal Democratic fighting over how much of the infrastructure spending would be transferred to the huge domestic spending plan
July 28, 2021Biden administration aides have suggested that his address will not contain much in the way of new proposals
July 13, 2021The president’s other agenda was never linked to the infrastructure effort, Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said
June 28, 2021Biden was set to travel on Tuesday to Wisconsin for the first stop on a nationwide tour to promote the infrastructure package, the White House said
June 27, 2021White House press secretary Jen Psaki said senators should not have been surprised by the two-track strategy that Biden has publicly discussed on many occasions.
June 26, 2021Biden praised Senate Democrats for standing together “against the ongoing assault of voter suppression that represents a Jim Crow era in the 21st Century”
June 23, 2021A 49-year-old Indiana grandmother is expected next week to become the first 6 January person to be sentenced
June 19, 2021The White House believes that Biden’s proposals are broadly popular in the country, if not on Capitol Hill, and is wagering that lawmakers can be brought along with a combination of cajoling and the presidential bully pulpit.
June 18, 2021The Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land, said President Joe Biden, celebrating the ruling
June 18, 2021The Democrats’ bill would bring about the largest overhaul of US voting in a generation, touching nearly every aspect of the electoral process
June 16, 2021There may be hope yet for farm workers as well. By a vote of 247 to 174, the Democrat-led House also passed the Farm Workforce Modernisation Act, which will grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of farmworkers living in the United States without authorization.
March 23, 2021Samuel Alito ordered Pennsylvania in the meantime to continue keeping the late-arriving ballots separate, affirming a decision already made by the state's top elections official.
November 7, 2020The Act, which helped millions of Americans obtain access to health insurance and stopped insurers from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, is opposed by Mr Trump and by several Republican-ruled states.
October 28, 2020