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  The Hill: House and Senate Democrats ironed out intraparty frictions to move quickly to hand Biden his first major legislative accomplishment and enact expanded unemployment and other emergency benefits before they expire on March 14.   The Hill and CNBC: A look at whats in the relief package, in addition to the big ticket items, such as the stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits.         Biden has said he will sign the American Rescue Plan Act right away, and he plans to d...

The talking filibuster could get the support that repealing the filibuster wouldn’t. Like other ideas, though, it has its drawbacks.

Attorneys present differing portraits of ex-county human rights director FacebookTwitterEmail Angelicia Morris, executive director of the Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, speaks during a dedication ceremony for MLK, Jr. Way in 2017, in Schenectady. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron SCHENECTADY –  Former Schenectady County Human Rights Executive Director Angelicia Morris shirked her job responsibilities, was obstructionist,  and considered the board more advisory than supervi...

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Morgan Lewis Adds Luis Herrero to Finance Team Morgan Lewis has added Luis Herrero as a partner resident in its Chicago office. Herrero’s move to Morgan Lewis from Sidley follows the recent arrival of another former Sidley team member, global finance practice co-leader Mark Kirsons. “In welcoming Luis to our elite global finance team, we are doubling down on our strong lender side asset-based lending and direct lending capabilities in the US Midwest,” said Morgan firm chair  Jami Mc...

Democrats are planning to bring earmarks back into the budgeting process, according to a report in Punchbowl New

… “To protect our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission to ‘investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021 domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex,” Pelosi wrote… A commission of this nature would be established by a statute, passed by both chambers and signed into law by the President. The commission members would not be elected leaders and would be outside the government. In ...

One thing that Trump made clear was that nothing in the constitutional system makes presidents respect the U.S. political system and respond to that system’s incentives.

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Fellow singer-songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield, who frequently toured with Earle, described his gift more simply: “He was able to explain trouble better than most.”