Democrats Call for End of Filibuster as GOP Threatens to Block Jan. 6 Commission
Security forces clash with Trump supporters after they breached the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021.
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As top Senate Republicans are indicating that theyâll employ their first filibuster of this Congress on the proposal to form a commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol breach, progressives and Democrats are re-upping calls to abolish the filibuster.
Republicans like Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) have come out against the commission, and others have indicated a general distaste for the idea, fearing it would hurt their party. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) are the only GOP senators who have said theyâd vote to end a filibuster on the issue.
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POLITICO Their blood is on this legislation : Floyd family attorney pushes for tough police reform If you’re going to have this legislation bear George Floyd’s name, it has to be meaningful, Ben Crump said on CNN.
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An attorney for the family of George Floyd said Tuesday that police reform bearing his name must be meaningful, warning against any watering-down of federal legislation aimed at reducing injustices in law enforcement.
Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of Floyd s murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a killing that sparked nationwide protests, some of which turned violent, amid a broader reckoning with issues of racism and discriminatory policing. The anniversary has shed fresh light on congressional efforts to craft a bipartisan police reform bill and the policy divisions that must be bridged for lawmakers to strike a compromise.
Senate Republicans will give the White House a counteroffer to its latest $1.7 billion infrastructure proposal on Thursday.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who has been leading the talks for Republicans, told reporters after a closed-door meeting with a group of GOP senators that they would send over the proposal on Thursday morning. "I think the American people are behind us here on this in terms of core infrastructure," Capito said,.
Watchdog: US Forced Some Deported Parents to Leave Kids Behind
Former President Donald Trump’s administration forced some illegal immigrants to leave the United States without their children, according to a new watchdog report.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), removed at least 348 parents after June 2017 “without documenting that those parents wanted to leave their children in the United States,” the DHS Office of Inspector General said in the new report.
“In fact, ICE removed some parents without their children despite having evidence the parents wanted to bring their children back to their home country,” the office said.