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Following Georgia s U.S. Senate elections, a Democrat-controlled Congress will gear up to consider President-elect Joe Biden s nominees to lead key agencies and develop additional coronavirus relief legislation that could include clean energy provisions.
But Democrats razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives will require them to find common ground with the GOP, sources said.
Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff defeated Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in Jan. 5 runoff elections. As a result, the Senate will be divided 50/50 between the Republican and Democratic caucuses, with Democratic Vice President-elect Kamala Harris able to cast a tie-breaking vote once she and Biden are sworn in Jan. 20.
New Jersey Gov Phil Murphy signs $14 billion business tax break bill into law
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Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced late Wednesday that he will resign Aug. 2, conceding power after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval touched off by a leak of crude and insulting chat messages between him and his top advisers. A crowd of thousands outside the governor’s mansion in Old San Juan erupted into cheers and singing. judge Jul 25, 2019
The woman set to become Puerto Rico’s next governor has been criticized for her reluctance to confront problems in Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s administration during her nearly two years as the territory’s top law enforcement official. That criticism is likely to complicate Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez’s ability to complete Rosselló’s term in the face of widespread public anger toward the departing.