Senators Durbin and Grassley re-introduce COVID-19 Safer Detention Act
As detailed in this post from last June, US Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley responded to the ugly realities of the COVID pandemic and its impact on incarcerated persons by introducing a modest, but still important, new bill to reform the procedures surrounding federal elderly home release and compassionate release. Disappointingly, that bill never moved forward in the last Congress, but this press release reports that it is back on the docket for the new Congress. Here are excerpts from the release:
Amid the COVID-19 public health pandemic, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, authors of the bipartisan
Heartland lawmakers release statements on Biden inauguration President-elect Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff arrive at the steps of the U.S. Capitol for the start of the official inauguration ceremonies, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Source: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) By Amber Ruch | January 20, 2021 at 2:03 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 4:37 PM
(KFVS) - Some Heartland lawmakers released statements on President Joe Bidenâs inauguration. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) was at the inauguration. She issued this statement:
âAfter the last 4 years, Iâm proud to be able to tell the American people that empathy, compassion and real leadership are finally back in the White House as a result of Joe Biden being sworn in as our nationâs 46th President. On Day One, President Biden is already taking immediate action on the most pressing crises facing our
Local elected leaders are releasing statements on the swearing-in of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin:&nb
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Recent days have brought hopeful news to the global fight against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by federal regulators, shipped across the country and used to inoculate front-line health care workers. Authorization of another vaccine appears imminent.
As a faith community concerned about the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death, we realize that many may be questioning the moral permissibility of these vaccines. We, the Catholic bishops of Illinois, join entirely the document released by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Moral Considerations Regarding the New COVID-19 Vaccines.” The document
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The big difference between Republicans and Democrats seems to by the color of the fairy dust and the number unicorns necessary to balance the budget.
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They turned down 90% of what they asked for to deny a Republican President they despise a win in an election year. Now they are paying the price.
“Democrats ultimately settled for less than a third of what they had set as a baseline for state and local aid, accepted a package without any $1,200 direct payments, and signed off on a plan that, after offsets, includes less than $350 billion in new money, well below a slew of pre-election proposals rejected by Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer as being too low.”