The US Senate has voted to approve a coronavirus relief package, capping hours of debate, frenzied negotiations and a marathon overnight voting session.
US Vice President Salary 2021: Here s How Much Kamala Harris Will Earn This Year Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president on Wednesday Photo: AFP / Brendan SMIALOWSKI
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Harris enjoys free accommodation and transportation as vice president
She is the first woman, first Black American and first South Asian American elected vice president in U.S. history
Kamala Harris made history when she was sworn in as vice president. Here’s how much she’s being paid for holding the second-highest office in the country.
Harris became the first woman, the first Black American and the first South Asian American elected vice president in the nation s history when she took the oath of office with President Joe Biden on Jan. 20. She is expected to receive the same perks that come with the position that her male predecessors enjoyed.
Democrats Are Pathologically Short-Changing America
The ever-shrinking stimulus check - sorry, some of you just won t make the cut
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At first, it was $2,000. That was the message throughout the Georgia runoffs, which Democrats carried in a shocking double victory on the back of a nationwide PR blitz, flooding airwaves with promises that a newly-blue Senate could end Mitch McConnell’s half-decade of tyranny.
Then, the number shrunk: $2,000 was actually $1,400, because Trump had already given us $600. The messaging changed before our eyes: In one tweet, dated January 12th, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris called for “$2,000 stimulus checks.” In another, dated January 14th, she quoted President-elect Joe Biden promising to “finish the job of getting a total of $2,000.” This wasn’t a broken promise at all, Biden press secretary Jen Psaki claimed, implying that it wasn’t their fault if you were too stupid to work that on