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In saga of immigration, Indians travel from exclusion to Vice Presidency
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In saga of immigration, Indians travel from exclusion to Vice Presidency. Image Source: IANS News
New York, Jan 19 : The first Indian recorded to have reached the shores of the US is a man from Madras (now Chennai), the area from where the family of Shyamala Gopalan, mother of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, hails.
From the time of his long journey on a sailing ship in 1790 to now when Gopalan s daughter is going to be Vice President, it is also a long political journey for Indians in the US.
Biden Transition Approval Remains High at 68%
39% rate his Cabinet appointments as outstanding or above average
Biden s favorable rating is 57%; Harris is 53%
WASHINGTON, D.C. As Joe Biden prepares to be sworn in as the 46
th president of the United States, 68% of Americans approve of his handling of his presidential transition and about four in 10 rate his Cabinet appointments as outstanding or above average. Majorities view Biden (57%) and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (53%) favorably.
Biden s Transition Rated Better Than Trump s, Worse Than Obama s
The latest rating of Biden s transition, from a Jan. 4-15 Gallup poll, is in line with his 65% rating in December. Biden s transition has been unique in that it has spanned President Donald Trump s attempts to overturn the election results while a global pandemic continued to surge across the U.S. The poll s field period encompassed the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill by Trump supporters and the resulting secon
Biden begins presidency caught between GOP opposition and demands of far Left Print this article
President-elect Joe Biden is about to be sworn into office, when he will immediately face the left wing of his party and large Republican minorities in both chambers of Congress pulling him in opposite directions.
Before the Nov. 3 elections, Biden appeared confident that Democrats would sweep the House and Senate. That would have made it possible for him to enact Franklin Roosevelt-esque reform to deal with the public health and economic crises.
Fast-forward to Wednesday, and Biden does have Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress. The problem is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is clinging on to power by the narrowest margin since Republicans majority in 2001. The Senate, meanwhile, is split 50-50 seats apiece. Democrats will only control the body from Wednesday, when Vice President-elect Kamala Harris can cast tiebreaking votes.