President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will have a low-key inauguration on January 20, and the event will be restricted for the public, the organisers said. They urged the citizens to participate in the historic affair from home in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC), responsible for the planning and execution of the inaugural ceremonies of the president-elect and vice president-elect of the US at the Capitol, on Wednesday said that invitations to members of the 117th Congress will be limited to themselves and one guest.
“Our goal is to create an inauguration that keeps people safe, honours the grand traditions of the Presidency, and showcases the Biden-Harris Administration s renewed American vision for an inclusive, equitable, and unified citizenry,” said Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC)CEO Tony Allen.
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McConnell (R-Ky.) is getting much of what he wants in an emerging coronavirus relief package, after months of digging in his heels against a demand by Democratic leaders to pass a multitrillion-dollar package that would shore up the ailing finances of state and local governments.” https://bit.ly/2Wlv3Kp
The one big thing McConnell isn’t getting in the deal: Liability protection for businesses.
Yes, but: McConnell even suggested dropping that item last week.
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December 18, 2020
It has been more than 30 years since any federal administration featured a Californian in a starring role. That’s 30 years through which no president really had a gut feeling for how Californians think and what America’s largest state needs.
This was never more obvious than during the four years of the Donald Trump administration, when California became a prime object of the president’s resentments, a magnet for his revenge.
After all, this state provided all of the popular vote margin by which Hillary Clinton defeated Trump in 2016, even as razor-thin Trump victories in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania beat her in the Electoral College.
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Pence flew to his home state of Indiana Tuesday to tout the administration s vaccine efforts. Be confident that we have cut red tape, but we ve cut no corners when it comes to the development of this vaccine, he said said. I look forward in the days ahead to receiving the vaccine myself and do so without hesitation.
Vice President Mike Pence says he will get the coronavirus vaccine in the days ahead
CNN, citing unnamed sources, said it would likely happen by Friday.
Pence, whose chief of staff and press secretary contracted the coronavirus, has headed the coronavirus task force while multiple outbreaks have occurred at the White House.