No Longer In Power, Mitch McConnell Drops Senate Filibuster Demand
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Image: Twitter/@thehill)
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dropped his demand that Democrats maintain the Senate filibuster that prevented lawmakers from negotiating a power-sharing agreement.
On Monday, McConnell released a statement saying he was ready to move forward after Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) both said they would vote against ending the filibuster. Their positions ensure new Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer doesn’t have the votes to end the filibuster, something progressive Democrats were pushing for.
The news means that for the first time since 2001 Republicans and Democrats will work on a power-sharing deal and Democrats will have the tie-breaking vote through Vice President Kamala Harris.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom held back details from the public and lawmakers about a $990 million state N95 mask contract with a China-based firm scrutinized by Congress.
But now, a trove of 848 pages of documents is available to the public, obtained by government watchdog group Judicial Watch. The documents provide details on how the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services selected BYD to make 300 million face masks for protection against COVID-19, a virus that originated in Wuhan.
Earlier this year, state legislators
tried to press Newsom to provide details about the deal, as one senior Democratic lawmakers called the deal
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President-elect Joe Biden will reportedly nominate Rohit Chopra, an ally of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Chopra is a member of the Federal Trade Commission, and if confirmed by the Senate would take over an agency that he helped create alongside Warren approximately a decade ago. Chopra’s selection was first reported by Politico, which cited four individuals with knowledge of the decision.
His selection would be a stark contrast compared to the Trump administration’s policies and appointees which sought to curb the agency’s role. The Biden administration hopes to return the CFPB to the stronger posture seen during the Obama administration, according to Politico.
After being sworn in to his third term as state representative for the 51st Legislative District last week, Rep. Matt Dowling, R-Uniontown, was appointed to four House committees.