In his last day as Majority Leader, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addressed the violent riots perpetrated by supporters of President Trump on January 6. McConnell echoed sentiments from other GOP
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Biden’s call to action bears striking similarities to the Obama administration, which also highlighted the Martin Luther King Jr. day of service during both inaugurations. While former President Obama during his presidency promoted AmeriCorps’ mission and opportunities, President Trump
In years past, Obama, his family, and then-Vice President Biden participated in community volunteer events such as completing a school makeover and packing first responder and military care kits in 2013 or painting the walls of a Washington, D.C., school in 2011.
ADVERTISEMENT President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris are empathetic leaders who know the crisis millions of American families are facing. And like Dr. King, they know that we must have a shared commitment in word and in deed to bring the nation together in service to others,” said Presidential Inaugural Committee CEO Tony Allen in a statement.
Harris prepares for central role in Biden s White House
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WASHINGTON (AP) Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office. But that’s only where her boundary-breaking role begins.
With the confluence of crises confronting Joe Biden’s administration and an evenly divided Senate in which she would deliver the tie-breaking vote Harris is shaping up to be a central player in addressing everything from the coronavirus pandemic to criminal justice reform.
How a House Divided Can Stand
By Rafael Hoffman
Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 12:00 pm | ד שבט תשפ א
Recent days have ushered in a period of questions for the future of America’s Congress in vastly different forms. Hours before the nation learned that the Capitol was overrun by marauding protesters, dual Democratic victories in the Senate runoff elections in Georgia produced the rare phenomenon of a Senate split 50-50.
While the Vice President’s role as President of the Senate gives Democrats the upper hand, how the upper house will practically function remains an open question.
Such a split has only occurred three times in the nation’s past: in 1881, 1954 and, for a short time, in 2001. During that most recent occurrence, even though Republicans then had the advantage of Vice President Dick Cheney as the 101st vote, Republican leader Trent Lott and his Democratic counterpart, Tom Daschle, worked out a power-sharing agreement that split committee appointments eve