An 8-year-old Gaithersburg boy will be honored during the virtual inauguration festivities Wednesday evening, because of his inspiring efforts during the.
Vice President Pence and three former presidents sit in the noon sunshine at the Capitol to listen as Biden recites a 35-word oath of office familiar since 1884.
The Hill’s editor-in-chief, Bob Cusack, writes that Biden, leaning on lengthy relationships with key Republicans on Capitol Hill, believes he can defy history to enact major legislation in his first year with bipartisan support. His recent predecessors in the Oval Office struggled to fulfill similar ambitions.
The 46th president will begin his term with a 50-50 Senate and the smallest House majority Democrats have experienced in nearly a century and a half (221-211). Just 65,009 votes in Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin and Nebraska s 2nd Congressional District made Biden the Electoral College winner, even with 81 million votes overall, or 51.3 percent of the total popular vote.
January 20, 2021 By Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com
Governor Gretchen Whtimer is in the nation s capitol to attend todayâs inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Whitmer held a virtual press conference from Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, where she detailed a new COVID-19 Recovery Plan. The $5.6 billion plan is designed to combat and recover from the coronavirus pandemic, including the use of billions in federal relief and $575 million in surplus state funds. While the plan is being sent to the Republican-led Legislature today, lawmakers actually donât meet until next week. This weekâs session was canceled after law enforcement cited credible threats of violence related to Biden s inauguration.
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Kosovo Albanians hold posters with the portrait of US President-elect Joe Biden, next to US soldiers serving in the led-peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR), in the village of Bibaj, on January 20, 2021, ahead of the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th US president Wednesday, drawing a curtain on the most tumultuous administration of modern times and charting a new course to tackle COVID-19 and unite a splintered nation.
Outgoing President Donald Trump entered the White House four years ago as a brash billionaire outsider, but he is being ousted by a polar opposite whose deep knowledge of Washington and personal scars will unquestionably set a different tone.