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Biden Tosses Out Trump s Last-Minute Judicial Nominations
The newly installed president prefers to fill those lifetime federal judgeships with his own picks, thank you very much.
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02/05/2021 01:10pm EST
Late Thursday, with little fanfare, President Joe Biden withdrew 32 nominations from the Senate that former President Donald Trump put forward in his final days in office.
There were all kinds of nominations in the mix. One nominee was up for inspector general for the Federal Communications Commission. A couple of nominees were up for being ambassadors to the Bahamas and Singapore. Judy Shelton was Trump’s pick to take now-Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s seat on the Federal Reserve.
Welcome to Wednesday's Overnight Health Care.Coronavirus cases are trending downward, but are still extremely high, especially compared to the summer. The CDC director said vaccinating teachers should not be a prerequisite for school reopening, but the White House is saying more funding is needed first. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca has some promising data on its COVID vaccine.But we'll start with some news on COVID relief:Biden commits to $1,400.
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Nonprofit To Spend $1 Million Pushing For COVID-19 Relief Checks
WorkMoney, which says it is nonpartisan, is mobilizing its membership in key states to press lawmakers for the $1,400 cash payments.
WorkMoney, a nonprofit geared toward helping Americans who are struggling during the pandemic, plans to spend $1 million mobilizing grassroots pressure for a COVID-19 relief bill that includes direct cash payments.
The group, which is pushing for Congress to supplement the $600 checks it passed in December with a $1,400 payment, intends to use its funds to mobilize voters in a dozen states represented by members of Congress who would be pivotal to such a bill’s passage.