Welcome back Kamala Harris to the great state of michigan. I remember the night before joe bidens primary victory, when we were all here together in detroit, proud to be standing together on the eve of a big day michigan, and how life has changed since then. Lets take one minute and show some gratitude to the detroit youth choir, who just entertained us, who is phenomenal. [applause] every one of us knows this is one of the most important elections of our lifetime, if not the most important. As my father would tell us, its also one of the most important elections in our nations history. Covid19 has shown us who is in office can be life or death. Who is in office determines ask whether or not weve got leaders who focus on or themselves. And their own agendas. We know this with Ruth Bader Ginsburg passing this past friday. Heartbreaking. But we also know that this is a moment where we see how much elections matter. They matter to us and our ability to show up at work and be safe. They ma
Impacted by the pandemic. The bill is estimated to be a 3 trillion relief package. He was joined by michigan senator debbie stabenow. Sen. Schumer hello, everybody. Ok, so, good afternoon. Thank you all for coming. Today, the house revealed its plan, the covid 4 bill. It is big and bold. Just what america needs. Our problems are large. Theyre enormous. They are on the health front, the economic front. It will take big, bold action to help the American People. Plan am supportive of the that Speaker Pelosi has put together. And the bottom line is very simple what is it going to take for Mitch Mcconnell to wake up and see that the American People need help and need it now . What is it going to take for him to understand that there are miles and miles of cars on lines tried to geying to get food. For the first time, people who their families are trying to get food. For the first time people are not worried about paying the rent, or worried theyre getting kicked out of their homes. For the
Michigan strengthened its standing as a prized swing state in the 2024 election Thursday when Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced her Senate seat will be up for grabs.
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Sen. Debbie Stabenow is one of eight Senate Democrats who supported an amendment to the Senate’s budget during last week’s marathon vote-a-rama that would prohibit undocumented immigrants from receiving stimulus checks. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
Democrats split as progressives rage over immigration vote
WASHINGTON It took fewer than three weeks of Washington control for Democrats to confront the vexing politics of immigration.
An effort to restrict stimulus checks to undocumented immigrants is blowing a hole in Democrats’ unity in the Biden era, after a bloc of Democrats sided with Republicans over their more progressive colleagues last week. The immigration status of those seeking new stimulus payments is shaping up as a major point of contention among Democrats as the House and Senate write their coronavirus relief bills, presaging the tough fights ahead among the party’s tight majorities in Congress on a politically volatile issue.