“I m against shutting down government, Hoyer told reporters on a press call. I think it is a stark admission of failure.
The growing likelihood that Congress will need to pass another stopgap bill their third of the year comes as negotiators are still trying to iron out the final policy fights in the massive bill.
McConnell, speaking from the Senate floor, described an agreement on the coronavirus as close at hand.
But McConnell added that negotiators now faced a choice of dragging out the talks or wrapping things up quickly. Do we want to haggle and spar like this was an ordinary political exercise, get wrapped around the actual language or policy riders that we know are controversial? Or, on the other hand, after months of inaction do we want to move swiftly and with unusual bipartisanship to close out or issues, seal the deal and write text that can quickly pass into law? McConnell added.
What could Trump have done to produce a different election outcome? [Los Angeles Times :: BC-TRUMP-DIFFERENT-OUTCOME:LA]
Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump was, oddly, both robust and slim.
Robust because Biden defeated Trump by more than 7 million votes, about 4.5% of the record-setting 158 million cast no landslide, but hardly a squeaker.
Slim because of the quirks of the Electoral College. There, Biden won by just a little more than 43,000 votes the combined margins in Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin, his three closest states. Flip just those three to red, and the Electoral College would have landed in a 269-269 tie, sending the contest to the House of Representatives, a likely Trump victory and a true constitutional crisis.
In an interview with The Intercept s podcast, the progressive hero and firebrand said that Democrats have failed to create a succession plan once Pelosi and her generation of longtime leaders many of them now in their 80s step aside. Pelosi has indicated that this upcoming two-year term will be her last as Speaker.
“I do think that we need new leadership in the Democratic Party … the internal dynamics of the House has made it such that there s very little option for succession,” said Ocasio-Cortez, who is 31. “It s easy for someone to say, ‘Oh well, you know, why don t you run?’ but the House is extraordinarily complex, and I m not ready. It can t be me. I know that I couldn t do that job.
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