Stacey Abrams Staffer Helping Biden Pick Justice Department Team
Stacey Abrams, the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Georgia governor in 2018, speaks at a get out the vote rally Nov. 2 in Atlanta. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
After winning the vote in the Electoral College last week, former Vice President Joe Biden said the election process “should be celebrated, not attacked.”
Biden derided what he called “baseless claims about the legitimacy of the results” of the presidential election and said, “Respecting the will of the people is at the heart of our democracy, even if we find those results hard to accept.”
Bill Would Restore DOJ Office Supporting Poor Communities By
Justin Wise | December 18, 2020, 8:36 PM EST A pair of Democratic lawmakers on Friday introduced legislation to reestablish an office within the U.S. Department of Justice dedicated to serving marginalized communities in the criminal and civil legal system.
Introduced by Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., the bill would restore the DOJ s Access to Justice Office, which was set up in 2010 during the Obama administration before being closed in 2018 by President Donald Trump s Justice Department.
While President-elect Joe Biden
has the opportunity to reestablish the office on his own, the bill is designed to permanently require the DOJ to provide the necessary funds and personnel for an office focused on issues including access to legal representation. The office was also formerly considered to be a leader in areas including court fines and fees and juvenile justice.
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Statement of Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) On the FY 2021 Omnibus Appropriation Bills and COVID Relief Package
December 21, 2020
After months of delay and painstaking negotiation, this afternoon we will have before us a spending package that includes all 12 appropriations bills for fiscal year 2021, and a vitally important COVID relief package. It provides funding for programs that are critically important to the American people, and I urge its swift passage. We are already 2 months and 20 days into the fiscal year. We cannot delay further.
As Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, I worked hard to reach agreement on this omnibus appropriations bill that will fund the federal government through the remainder of the fiscal year, without relying on a long-term continuing resolution. This was no easy task.
Hattiesburg church, legal services group give away food, PPE for the holidays
Hattiesburg church, legal service group gives away food, PPE for holidays By Charles Herrington | December 19, 2020 at 7:24 PM CST - Updated December 19 at 7:24 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A Hattiesburg church and a legal services organization teamed up Saturday to provide holiday food and personal protective equipment for the pandemic to help folks have a happy and safe Christmas season.
The McCann Memorial Temple and the Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation handed out face masks and hand sanitizer, along with boxes of meats, fruits and vegetables.
It took place at the church on Kinnard Street.
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