President
Joe Biden is said to be “frustrated” over what some call the collapse of the current police reform negotiations and a stall on voting rights legislation on Capitol Hill. Sources inside the Biden-Harris administration, however, say the White House is closely watching the movement and anticipating positive outcomes in present negotiations in hopes that the legislative packages will be passed.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during an event commemorating LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the East Room of the White House on June 25, (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would reform police departments nationwide, as well as the voting rights bills, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and For The People Act, are largely seen as crucial pieces of legislation that would address racial inequities that critically impact Black and brown communities.
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On the Fourth of July, we often invoke the founders, reflecting on their vision for America and how we might carry it forward into the future toward a more-perfect union. On this Independence Day, however, America must look in the mirror and acknowledge the recalcitrant structures that impede that progress for the sake of petty politics.
Congressional Republican leadersâ wielding of the filibuster has turned the Senate into the sort of institution that likely would make the founders spin in their graves. A tactic used sparingly in the 19th and early 20th centuries to require a supermajority for measures to pass the upper house is now Republicansâ go-to wrench to throw into the gears of democracy.
US House launches new investigation into Capitol riot
The House will form a new committee to investigate the breach of the US Capitol in January. Every Democrat in the chamber, along with two Republicans, voted for the measure.
The riot by Trump supporters at the US Capitol on January 6 left five people dead
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the creation of a new committee to investigate the breach of the US Capitol in January by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
All 220 Democrats in the chamber, along with two Republicans, voted in favor of the measure. The panel was opposed by 190 House Republicans.