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Criticism connected to Sen. Joni Ernst s past comments about the COVID-19 pandemic went viral on social media after the Republican this week became the first Iowan in Congress to publicly receive the vaccine.
On Monday, Sawyer Hackett, the communications director for former Housing and Urban Development Secretary and Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro, tweeted a screenshot of a news headline about Ernst s September comments side-by-side with a photo of Ernst receiving the vaccine.
The tweet was captioned, How it started: How it s going. As of Tuesday afternoon, it had been retweeted more than 93,000 times and liked more than 400,000 times.
As we head into a new year, this much is patently clear: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is not just going to disappear. Although there has been a substantial economic recovery from the depths of the initial lockdowns in the spring, the losses to gross domestic product (GDP) and employment around the world are enough to make this the second or third-worst downturn of the
NORTHAMPTON As Congress waits for President Donald Trump’s signature on a COVID-19 stimulus and spending bill, the region’s congressional delegation is describing the relief bill as an imperfect but necessary compromise.The stimulus package, which.
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NC SUPREME COURT WILL REMOVE PORTRAIT OF BRUTAL SLAVE OWNER: Thomas Ruffin, a slave owner in the 1800s, believed an owner s power over his slave was absolute. He once wrote in a court ruling that slaveholders should not be convicted for the assault or battery of an enslaved person. The court s decision to remove the portrait took note of Ruffin s slave ownership and his rulings defending slavery. Its announcement said Ruffin was regarded by his contemporaries as “particularly brutal in his ownership of slaves.” “It is important that our courtroom spaces convey the highest ideals of justice and that people who come before our Court feel comfortable knowing that they will be treated fairly,” Beasley wrote.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS A bipartisan bill to set the first nation-wide standards for thoroughbred horse racing is just a presidential signature away from becoming law, after being sponsored by the congressman who represents Saratoga Race Course.
The U.S. Senate on Monday night passed the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act as part of its year-end federal government funding package by a 92-6 vote. It needs only President Donald Trump’s signature to become law.
With prime sponsorship from local congressman Paul D. Tonko, D-Amsterdam, it passed the House of Representatives in September.