By Josh FeldmanFeb 2nd, 2021, 3:47 pm
Given the vote just last week questioning the constitutionality of the
Donald Trump Senate impeachment trial, with only five Republicans siding with Democrats, there’s been some talk of pursuing censure as an alternative to conviction.
Just last week Senator
Susan Collinsto propose a resolution that would censure Trump instead.
But the problem, as Kaine candidly acknowledged today, is that Republicans don’t support is “because they don’t want to bar Trump from running” in the future and that Democrats don’t support it “because for most of my colleagues it’s impeachment or nothing.”
The jointly filed 2021 budget resolution includes “a dedicated grant relief program for restaurants”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi filed a 2021 joint budget resolution on Monday to provide “urgently needed” funding for COVID-19 relief through Pres. Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. The joint budget resolution offers instructions to relevant Congressional committees like providing “additional relief for nation’s small businesses and hard-hit industries” including “a dedicated grant relief program for restaurants” totaling $25 billion, along with other plans to help save entertainment and cultural institutions.
The proposed $25 billion restaurant recovery fund is largely based on the original RESTAURANTS Act proposal, which passed the Democrat-controlled House in October but was not considered in the then-Republican-controlled Senate.
By: Rep. Don Beyer
January 29, 2021
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), issued the following statement today after the announcement by Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer that his constituent, Officer Brian Sicknick, would lie in honor at the United States Capitol Rotunda before receiving burial honors at Arlington National Cemetery:
“Officer Brian Sicknick’s service and sacrifice will never be forgotten. These honors, accorded to few, are richly deserved by one who gave his life in defense of American democracy. As we remember his heroism and mourn his loss, I hope everyone will hold the Sicknick family in their hearts.”
Officer Sicknick fell in the line of duty, passing away after sustaining injuries during the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Rep. Beyer, who represented Sicknick, yesterday introduced bipartisan legislation with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), who represents much of the Sicknick family, to honor Sicknick’s life and sacrifice with a resolution and Co
The Aurora City Council recently voted against two ordinances targeted at immigrants who have been accused or convicted of being in the country illegally. One would have made Aurora a sanctuary city. The other would have used city employees to create and operate a legal defense fund with a follow-on funding request of $50,000 of taxpayer money. Neither of these laws were in the best interest of the citizens of Aurora and were both defeated in a 6-5 vote.
One in five Aurora residents was born in another country. The city has nearly 170 languages spoken in its schools. The great majority of these immigrants are in the USA legally. They have created entrepreneurial businesses, a huge number of jobs and wonderful ethnic restaurants. They have made Aurora among the most diverse cities in the nation.