Sen. Tim Scott to deliver GOP s rebuttal to Biden address
JILL COLVIN, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2021, file photo, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., departs Capitol Hill in Washington. Scott will deliver Republicans’ rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)Stefani Reynolds/AP
WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will deliver Republicans’ rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress next week.
Scott, who is the only Black Republican in the Senate, will serve as the face of the party after Biden addresses the nation Wednesday. Considered a potential 2024 presidential candidate, Scott is a leading GOP voice on race and criminal justice reform, and he is popular with both the pro-Donald Trump and moderate wings of the party.
Blog Sen. McConnell: It’s Democrats’ H.R. 1, Not Georgia’s Law, that Creates a ‘Stunning, One-Party Takeover’ of Elections By Craig Bannister | April 22, 2021 | 1:23pm EDT
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While Democrats falsely vilify Georgia’s new election integrity law, they’re trying to pass a law that gives their party absolute control over the entire nation’s election system, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday.
Democrats don’t want Americans to read the text of Georgia’s election law, because “the facts deflate the narrative” their party is pushing, McConnell said in a Senate speech opposing H.R. 1, Democrats’ so-called “For the People” bill:
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Senate Republicans are preparing a counter proposal to President Joe Biden s $2 trillion infrastructure package, one that would drastically reduce the price tag and pay for it with a means other than raising taxes.
Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, who has taken the lead in negotiations for the GOP, said the Republican counter offer would be ready hopefully by the end of the week.
The GOP plan would be in the $600 billion to $800 billion range and focus on traditional infrastructure projects. Republicans have complained that items in Biden s plan - such as affordable housing, childcare and combatting climate change - are not infrastructure.
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The full-court press by progressive Democrats to pack the Supreme Court has had an impact on public opinion. It’s just not the one they wanted. A new poll out from Morning Consult reveals that opposition to adding seats to the court remains near 2:1 among those with any opinion and has grown a bit among
Democrats:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) distanced herself last week from a Democratic bill that would add four seats to the Supreme Court, and a new Morning Consult/Politico poll helps to explain why she was quick to nip the plan in the bud: The idea is still broadly unpopular among the American electorate.