Colorado opening special health insurance enrollment period Feb. 8 - May 15 after Biden order
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Justin Sullivan p SAN FRANCISCO - JUNE 21: Dr. George Sawaya examines patient Susan Lehr at the UCSF Women s Health Center June 21, 2006 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced on today his plan called San Francisco Health Access Plan (SF HAP), a universal healthcare plan for San Francisco residents that is scheduled to be up and running within a year. The plan will be the first of its kind in the United States. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) /p
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Biden Administration Reported to Be Lining up a Former Ripple Advisor as the Next Bank Regulator
Micheal Barr, the former member of Ripple’s board of advisors, is set to become the United States’ next banking regulator, according to a report. A former assistant treasury secretary, Barr will become the second individual with crypto connections to lead the Office of Currency Comptroller (OCC.) The recently departed Currency Comptroller Brian Brooks is a former Coinbase executive.
Biden Taps Comptroller With Crypto Ties
According to a Wall Street Journal report, which cites anonymous sources, Barr’s likely appointment will be at the expense of Mehrsa Baradaran, a law professor. Still, the report reveals that Barr, who is currently the Dean of public policy at the University of Michigan, was unavailable to confirm the reports at the time of publishing.
It’s hard to not feel disheartened by actions on Jan. 6 no matter what side of the aisle you find yourself on. But at the end of the day, we’re all Americans. I consider myself an optimist and try to look at the glass half-full whenever I can, and all hope is not lost for those in farm country.
The outlook for the Democratic agenda looks considerably different under the Senate’s 50-50 split with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the deciding vote and Democrats given the majority control in the chamber. However, Dale Moore, executive vice president at the American Farm Bureau Federation, spoke Wednesday at the 2021 Illinois Agricultural Legislative Roundtable and says there are some things farmers can hang their hat on in these uncertain times.
11 Texas Republicans in House vote to help override Trump’s veto of defense bill, setting up first such rebuke of president
The GOP-run Senate could take up the override vote as soon as Tuesday
WASHINGTON – Eleven Texas Republicans bucked President Donald Trump late Monday on a critical defense authorization bill, helping the Democrat-run House vote 322-87 to override one of his vetoes for the first time in the Republican’s presidency.
The unprecedented action in the waning weeks of Trump’s White House tenure now moves to the GOP-run Senate, which is expected to take a similar override vote in the coming days.
Which Texas Republicans voted against $2,000 pandemic stimulus checks requested by Trump?
While all 13 Texas Democrats in the House backed the larger payouts, only a handful of Texas Republicans did so Revised to include comments from Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Van Taylor.
WASHINGTON – Only a handful of Texas Republicans in the House sided with President Donald Trump’s push to increase the amount of pandemic stimulus checks to $2,000 per person from the already agreed-upon level of $600 per person.
The Democrat-run House late on Monday voted 275-134 in favor of the larger payouts – which have created the odd effect of uniting Trump, a Republican, with congressional Democrats.