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Biden has called for more than $4 trillion in new spending for his infrastructure plan.
Democrats will likely pass a bill under reconciliation if no bipartisan deal is reached.
Trade groups and lawmakers, meanwhile, are tapping experts to decipher the Senate s complex rules.
President Joe Biden has called for more than $4 trillion in spending and increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations as a way to pay for his ambitious infrastructure plan. He s pushing for bipartisan action, but that could be tricky as lawmakers spar over the cost and some of the details in his proposal.
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced people around the world to instantly change the way they lived their lives: how they bought groceries, how they traveled, and if and how they worked. Elected officials on the local and national level responded with financial resources, rent and utility assistance programs, emergency housing for those experiencing homelessness, and initiatives that gave residents staying closer to home more use of their streets. Neighbors got to work as well: They organized mutual aid groups, helped one another book vaccination appointments, and offered helping hands. The past 14 months have by no
Biden boasts about equitable senior vaccination rate by race without data to back it up
During May 3 remarks on the American Families Plan, President Joe Biden boasted that there was not much disparity in the vaccination rates for white Americans and Americans of color who are at least 65. And what s happening now is all the talk about how people were not going to get shots, they were not going to be involved look at what that was we were told that was most likely to be among people over 65 years of age, said Biden. But now people over 65 years of age, over 80%, have now been vaccinated, and 66% fully vaccinated. And there s virtually no difference between white, Black, Hispanic, Asian American.
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U.S. Sens. Reed, Whitehouse recommend civil chief as next U.S. Attorney
PROVIDENCE U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse recommended Tuesday that the chief of the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s office be named as Rhode Island’s top federal law enforcement officer.
The senators announced their recommendation to President Joe Biden that Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha be nominated as the next U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island.
“Zachary Cunha is an experienced prosecutor with an exemplary record of service in the U.S. Attorney’s office. He is an outstanding candidate to take on this new role and has solid relationships with the law enforcement, legal, and local communities. He has a record of holding the powerful accountable and recognizing the power and responsibility of the U.S. Attorney’s office. We are confident Mr. Cunha will be an exceptional U.S. Attorney who will faithfully enforce the law and serve and protect the people of Rhode Island,