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every single one voted against. against a bill backed by a majority of you, including many of the opposites own republican constituents. against sending americans $1400 checks. against giving unemployed americans a $300 a week boost in support. against cutting child poverty in half. against saving tens of thousands of jobs. now that it is done, some of the opposers are becoming posers, like this. look at this tweet from senator roger wicker, mississippi. celebrating the money for resta...

Here, which sounds small, but it actually makes a real difference. >> reporter: and president biden knows it will make a world of difference for his party. he called senator raphael warnock to congratulate him on his victory. democrats will now take majority on committees in the senate, including the powerful judiciary committee, which will allow them to push through the presidents judicial nominees much more big priority for the biden administration, david. >> rachel, thank you. in the meanti...

Sounds small. when youre declining every year. starting to see a turnaround. parents are waking up. i want to be in charge of my kids education. i dont trust the school boards and teachers coming out of the marxist tee teachers colleges. pete: get them out. will: an interesting statistic to back up something first of all i imagined you felt, witnessed, observed, and laid out honestly to you by the biden administration, that he has a managed public persona. a managed accountability. pete: nice wa...

But it�*s up to the speaker to decide whether the amendment put forward by the rebels should be voted on in the commons later today. here�*s our political correspondent iain watson. pre—pandemic, the uk was a leader in providing overseas aid. but last november the chancellor announced what he described as a temporary cut, saying the spending would go back up again when public finances improved. today, his conservative critics say they want to ensure the cuts really are temporary and they w...

To 0.5%, sounds small. but aid agencies say it could have a huge impact on those living in developing countries and that lives are being put at risk. the uk will spend nearly £4 billion less in overseas aid this year. former prime ministers have spoken out, including gordon brown. there has been an all—party consensus for all parties for 25 years that we need 0.7% and we need to play our role in the world by being one of the leaders in aid. this is not the right time to pull things away becau...

Uma. >> people are desperate out and lets hope they get the help they need. peter doocy is live with a look at how government officials plan to hold utility companies accountable. >> three percent of new jersey dont have power. two percent in new york. 170,000 people are in the dark. that sounds small. three percent and two percent. but super storm sandy passed through those parts 12 days ago and the largest power company on long island power authority only asked for 700, employees to help resto...

That sounds small. >> no question, little. but when the wind gust blows at 60 or 70, a gust of wind can take an ember and send it two miles, so the firefighters thinking they are doing good stuff here, and two miles ahead of them there, is another fire they have to jump on. and time to literally get out of the way. you saw what happened around amarillo a couple of weeks ago. had all of the stuff in the texas panhandle. same story today for the pacific and the southwest. all the way from texas to...