Florida governor and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott weigh in on election reform on The Ingraham Angle
A liberal dark money group bankrolled by a Swiss foreign national is spending big on lobbying in favor of Democrats election overhauls, including H.R. 1, filings show.
The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a fiscal sponsor and clearinghouse for dozens of left-wing groups and projects, has poured nearly $2 million into the efforts to sway senators on issues ranging from H.R.1 to D.C. statehood to the Voting Rights Act Amendment.
H.R. 1 is the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation and covers many aspects of the voting process, including requiring states to automatically register eligible voters and offer same-day voter registration. The bill also requires states to offer 15 days of early voting and allows no-excuse absentee balloting, which 14 states would have to implement and the states that already allow it would have to conform to H.R. 1’s standards.
Senate GOP open to higher infrastructure price tag ahead of meeting with Biden Follow Us
Question of the Day By Haris Alic - The Washington Times - Monday, May 10, 2021
Senate Republicans said they are willing to spend more on President Biden’s infrastructure plan than they initially suggested, ahead of a bipartisan White House meeting on the proposal this week.
“The proper price tag for what most of us think of as infrastructure is about $600-to-800 billion,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican.
Mr. McConnell’s $800 billion figure is significantly larger than the number Senate Republicans initially floated.
We speak about Asian Americans as a single block. Here’s how incredibly complex they are
Asian Americans are often labeled as a singular group, but the fastest growing population in the US is far from a monolith and their complex history and cultures are often glossed over.
While they have been in America since the nation’s infancy, Asian Americans continue being harmed by stereotypes like the “model minority” as well as racial violence. Much of the recent anti-Asian bias is a result of many people being ignorant of the group’s history in the country and xenophobic messaging around the Covid-19 pandemic, experts and lawmakers say.
Supreme Court Seems Unlikely to Support Reduced Sentences for Crack Offenders Getty Images Kevin Daley • May 4, 2021 4:30 pm
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In its latest foray into the war on drugs, the Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed ready to say that low-level crack cocaine offenders do not qualify for reduced sentences under a bipartisan criminal justice reform law.
The 2018 First Step Act made some drug offenders eligible for resentencing, but four federal courts and the Trump administration said its benefits don t extend to people convicted for possessing small quantities of crack cocaine. Tarahrick Terry, the defendant in Tuesday s case, was convicted for possessing a few grams of crack in 2008 and is seeking a lighter sentence for himself and others like him, but the Court seemed to be against him by a lopsided margin.