Republican senators have delayed passage of a massive bill designed to increase American competitiveness with China, and that means a key procedural vote on a bill to create an independent panel to investigate the January 6 riot on the US Capitol has been delayed until later Friday.
Biden Civil Rights Nominee Says She Does ‘Not Support Defunding the Police’
Kristen Clarke, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division, said at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday that she does not support defunding the police as Republicans accused her of partisanship and grilled her for past advocacy and publications.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), asked Clarke about her op-ed in Newsweek, headlined: “I Prosecuted Police Killings. Defund the Police But Be Strategic.”
“Do you still believe it is a good idea to defund the police?” Cruz asked.
“I do not support defunding the police,” Clarke replied, adding that “the impetus for writing that op-ed was to make clear that I do not support defunding the police.” She added that she argued for resources to be channeled to areas like mental health aid in order to “alleviate some of the burdens that we place on the doorstep of law enforcement.”
A way too early guide to the 2024 Republican primary D. Hunter Schwarz
The 2024 Republican primary is already here.
Though, we’re still more than 1,300 days away from the next presidential election, potential candidates are already making stops in early caucus and primary states and working behind the scenes to prepare for a possible run.
Late last month, C-SPAN kicked off its “Road to the White House” coverage with a speech by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Iowa, and former Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to give the keynote at a dinner for a social conservative group in South Carolina on April 29.
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