Three-martini lunch tax break, foreign aid: Year-end bills stir controversy Matthew Brown and Ledyard King, USA TODAY
President Trump denounces new COVID-19 relief bill and seeks multiple changes
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WASHINGTON – The $2.3 trillion spending package Congress overwhelmingly passed last week has a little bit of everything.
Fused from two major bills – a $900 billion coronavirus aid package to address the economic fallout of the pandemic and a $1.4 trillion spending measure to fund the government through Sept. 30 – the legislation includes money for direct payments to millions of families, vaccine distribution efforts and pay raises for the military.
It also includes controversial provisions that would extend tax breaks for race car tracks and business lunches, millions for venues that aren t open and a requirement that carbon monoxide detectors be installed in public housing apartments. It includes billions in foreign aid, which often draws co
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Hillel International in the Former Soviet Union
Between the Russian Communist Revolution of 1917 to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, generations of Soviet Jews had lost touch with their Jewish heritage. The Jews populating Russia and the Pale of Settlement which covered parts of Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, and Belarus had known discrimination and pogroms. But for the most part, until the rise of Communism, most of them still chose to practice Judaism and many lived in predominantly Jewish communities. However, with the advent of Communism, Jews could no longer openly practice their faith, teach their children in Yiddish, or openly perpetuate their Jewish heritage. Communism is of
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The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Cultural on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
As part of the massive government funding bill currently waiting for Donald Trump’s signature (or veto), Congress approved two new museums in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act and the National Museum of the American Latino Act would focus attention on women and Latinos in a historical context, highlighting their accomplishments and progress.
There are dozens of women’s history museums scattered across the country in most states and many cities. But none will be as large or as prominent as a women’s museum on or near the National Mall.
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