Congressâs Most Family-Friendly Member
Rosa DeLauro has spent 30 years in the House fighting for an adequate Child Tax Credit and paid family leave. Sheâs finally getting someplace.
Elizabeth Warren first met Connecticut congresswoman Rosa DeLauro two decades ago, long before she became a senator from Massachusetts. DeLauro is famous among D.C. politicos for hosting twice-monthly dinner parties to which she invites academics, policy experts, and journalists to talk to members of Congress. âSheâs always driving the debate with an intellectual energy thatâs uncommon around here,â Sen. Sherrod Brown, a frequent guest, told me.
This particular evening, Warren, then a Harvard professor who had just co-authored a book about why so many American families were mired in debt, was the star of the show. âShe invited me to come to dinner and she said sheâd have a few people over,â Warren recalls. Instead, she found DeLauroâs living roomâp
The Congress on Tuesday demanded the immediate removal of the Lakshadweep administrator Praful Patel, alleging that he is not only destroying the peace and culture of the islands, but also "harassing" the people by imposing arbitrary restrictions.
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday shot off a letter to the Twitter bosses to tag various accounts of 11 Union Ministers as “manipulated media” for “spreading false and malicious propaganda”, as already done in case of BJP spokesman Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj), who is also one of the main accused in FIR No 215/2021 registered by the Chhattisgarh Police at Raipur on May 19.
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May 25, 2021 12:32 IST
Several Congress leaders accused the government of trying to ‘silence’ Twitter after it labelled a document shared by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra as ‘manipulated media’.
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Several Congress leaders accused the government of trying to ‘silence’ Twitter after it labelled a document shared by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra as ‘manipulated media’. A day after Delhi Police teams went to Twitter India’s offices in Delhi and Gurugram, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that the truth is never afraid.
“Truth remains unafraid,” Mr. Gandhi tweeted with the hash tag # Toolkit.
Several Congress leaders accused the government of trying to ‘silence’ the social media company through the Delhi Police after Twitter labelled a document shared by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra as ‘manipulated media’.
Senate confirms Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs
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Senate confirms Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs
AP / Updated: May 26, 2021, 01:07 IST
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WASHINGTON: The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden s pick to run US health insurance programs, putting in place a key player who ll carry out his strategy for expanding affordable coverage and reining in prescription drug costs. Obama-era policy adviser Chiquita Brooks-LaSure will be the first Black person to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which also administers children s health insurance and the Affordable Care Act. Together, the programs cover more than 130 million people, from newborns to nursing home residents, and play a central role in the nation s health care system.