Politics MICHAEL REGAN CONFIRMED AS EPA ADMINISTRATOR The Senate confirmed Michael Regan as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday evening by a vote of 66-34. The former secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality becomes the first Black man to head the agency. Regan, who has a reputation…
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Politics HOUSE PASSES $1.9 TRILLION CORONAVIRUS RELIEF BILL The House gave final passage Wednesday to the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package by a vote of 220-211. The bill — which is one of the largest relief measures in American history and is favored by 70 percent of Americans — was…
Last week was a big week for both the House and the Senate, as the two chambers each passed legislation with significant implications. Below, we discuss the contents of each bill, as well as the case for praise or criticism. For the People Act The House passed the For the…
Conservative media outlets have been ablaze with outrage over the cancelation of Mr. Potato Head and Dr. Seuss. So ablaze, in fact, that Rep. Jim Jordan called for the House Judiciary Committee to hold a public hearing on “cancel culture.” “The wave of cancel culture spreading the nation is a…
Politics BIDEN, SENATE AGREE TO LIMIT ELIGIBILITY FOR STIMULUS CHECKS Senate Democrats struck a deal with President Joe Biden Wednesday that will limit the number of Americans who will qualify for the $1,400 stimulus checks included in the coronavirus relief package. The Senate bill, currently under negotiation, will cut off…
Politics HOUSE PASSES $1.9 TRILLION CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE Working into the wee hours of Friday night, the House passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package by a vote of 219-212. The bill was opposed by every Republican in the House, along with Democratic Reps. Jared Golden and Kurt Shrader….
Politics HOUSE SET TO PASS $1.9 TRILLION CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE The House is expected to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Friday night, paving the way for $1,400 stimulus checks, a $400-a-week federal unemployment bonus, a per-child allowance of up to $3,600, $20 billion for vaccine distribution,…
Politics CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE APPROVES $7.6 BILLION COVID RELIEF PACKAGE AND $600 STIMULUS CHECKS Gov. Gavin Newsome signed into a law Tuesday a coronavirus economic relief package that will give $600 stimulus checks to at least 5.7 million people and $2 billion in grants to struggling small businesses. “The backbone of…
Politics MANCHIN, COLLINS, AND ROMNEY TO OPPOSE OMB NOMINEE NEERA TANDEN Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced on Friday that he would oppose Neera Tanden’s nomination for director of the Office of Management and Budget. Manchin’s announcement was followed by similar declarations on Monday from Sens. Susan Collins and Mitt Romney,…
America’s collective eyeballs have been trained on Texas this week, as the state continues to grapple with the ongoing after-effects of an Arctic outbreak. Millions of residents have found themselves without safe or reliable water service, and, as of Friday, hundreds of thousands were still without power, struggling to heat…