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The American elite is embarking on an enormous task, the first since its lunar race with the Soviet Union. The U.S. will invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the development of national science and technology, all because China is literally breathing down America’s neck. In what areas of knowledge and invention has China already surpassed the U.S.?
Intelligent people have repeatedly said that every great state needs a great enemy. After a brief victory, even Rome would rot and decay in the absence of an enemy like Carthage, which challenged its power and posed a threat to its very existence.
Congressional Democrats wary of U.S. Senate infrastructure plan
By Makini Brice and Susan Cornwell
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday criticized a $1.2 trillion infrastructure proposal by a bipartisan group of Senate moderates as neglecting some of their key priorities, raising questions about the measure s fate.
Democratic leaders are discussing a two-step process in which they pass a smaller bill with bipartisan support but then follow up with a second measure passed through reconciliation, which would require nearly 100% party unity given President Joe Biden s Democrats razor-thin majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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The word “retarded’ has been used for many years to describe someone who is intellectually slow or has Down Syndrome, and is considered by many to be a “hurtful” and offensive term. Former President Barack Obama signed a 2010 law that swapped the phrase “mentally retarded” for the phrase “intellectual disability” in U.S. federal law.
“Those who use the R-word often do so with little regard for the pain it causes people with intellectual disabilities and the exclusion it perpetuates in our society,” the Special Olympics website said.
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 31: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) attends a press conference announcing federal funding for Super Storm Sandy recovery efforts on March 31, 2015 in New York City. The FEMA grant is the largest single grant in U.S. history for disaster relief. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)