House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday the U.S. House of Representatives will take up legislation soon to raise the minimum wage to $15 over five years, after Senate rules blocked including the proposal in a COVID-19 relief bill before Congress.
The U.S. Justice Department will name veteran prosecutor Channing Phillips as acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a role he also played in the Obama administration, according to one current and one former department official.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday the U.S. House of Representatives will take up legislation soon to raise the minimum wage to $15 over five years, after Senate rules blocked including the proposal in a COVID-19 relief bill before Congress.
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Marking the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Tomb transends race, religion and politics, and stands as a beacon for unity and love of country Follow Us
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This year, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located in Arlington National Cemetery, the nation’s eternal resting place of thousands of men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.
House Joint Resolution 426 was brought before Congress on Dec. 21, 1920, by New York Congressman Hamilton Fish, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1920 until 1945. The resolution called for “Providing for the bringing to the United States of the body of an unknown American, who was a member of the American Expeditionary Forces, who served in Europe and lost his life during the World War, and for the burial of the remains with appropriate ceremonies.”