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Activists and lawmakers rally against congressional inertia.
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Missouri Rep. Cori Bush led colleagues and activists in a rally for eviction relief.
On a balmy, overcast Tuesday in Washington, protesters and lawmakers gathered on either end of the Capitol to urge Congress and the White House to act on two issues of varying urgency: the push for a new voting rights law and a solution to the recently expired eviction moratorium. The public demonstrations raised thorny questions about what, exactly, the United States government owes its citizens.
On at least one of those matters, there was something of a breakthrough. The administration on Tuesday evening announced a new eviction moratorium targeting “specific areas of the country where cases are rapidly increasing” even though the White House had previously said it did not have the legal authority to extend the original moratorium beyond its July 31 expiration date.
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Key Senator may sink Biden’s point man on guns
The surprising holdout from Maine has come under pressure to buck David Chipman, who is seen as resistant to gun rights.
In this Feb. 7, 2018 file photo Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, speaks about immigration on Capitol Hill. | (Jacquelyn Martin, file/AP Photo)
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President Joe Biden’s pick to head the ATF is running into a surprising holdout who could bring down the nomination: Sen. Angus King of Maine.
The low-key independent, a member of the Democratic Caucus, has declined to publicly state his position on David Chipman, whom Biden nominated to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. But he has signaled to both the Biden administration and his Democratic colleagues that he is currently not supportive of the nominee, as he comes under pressure to buck a pick seen as resistant to gun rights in a state where hunting and gun rights are part of many voters’ DNA.
NY AG: Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, violating federal and state law. Sen. Cruz: ‘No’ on Infrastructure Bill, and ‘I Don’t Need to Read 2,700 Pages to Know Why’ I’ll Vote No By Elisabeth Nieshalla | August 3, 2021 | 5:18pm EDT
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(CNS News) When asked whether he will read all 2,702 pages of the infrastructure bill before voting on it, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said, “Nope,” because “I don’t need to read 2,700 pages to know why I’m going to vote no.”
At the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday,
CNS News asked the senator, “Will you read all 2,702 pages of the infrastructure bill before voting on it?”
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) comments Tuesday indicate he would likely back the $1.2 trillion so-called infrastructure bill, according to a
Washington Post reporter.
McConnell said Tuesday that he would encourage his Republican colleagues to oppose Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) efforts to end the amendment debate Tuesday on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.
“Slow and steady wins the race,” McConnell said.
Ending debate on amendments would allow for the Senate to file cloture on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, putting it dangerously close to a full vote on the Senate floor.
The leading Senate Republican signaled that he would likely vote to pass the infrastructure bill.