Donald Trump s sons have spent the last two days since the election in apparent denial, sharing conspiracy theories and endorsing coups as their father s path to victory becomes more and more murky.
Rep. Spanberger introduces bill aimed at rebuilding trust in Congress Rep. Abigail Spanberger (FILE) (Source: wvir) By Daniel Grimes | January 27, 2021 at 9:33 AM EST - Updated January 27 at 3:45 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -7th District Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger is working to rebuild trust and transparency on Capitol Hill.
“The fact that there was even the worry or concern that while members of Congress should be focused on how to contend with a global pandemic, they might be making stock choices, to me was worrisome,” Spanberger said.
The bill would require all members of Congress to put certain investment assets in a blind trust during their time in office. A member would be eligible to remove assets 180 days after leaving Congress.
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The Trump presidency is over and the Biden presidency has begun. The 2020 election s legacy will now turn to examining how the institutions and laws that govern voting can be fortified, after a bruising season where Trump attacked the process as illegitimate and enlarged the GOP myth of massive voter fraud.
Normally, after every presidential election, every sector involved in elections issues post-election reports and prescriptions. While Trump s refusal to admit defeat has delayed that process, the emerging analyses and recommendations so far have two focuses. The first concerns the maze of laws and rules governing elections. The second focus is arguably harder to solve, as it concerns the personal and societal factors that allowed the narratives of stolen elections and underlying conspiracies
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, a Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, stressed the need to work quickly to pass the next round of coronavirus relief, adding that Congress needs to work together.
For years, Democrats have railed against anonymous campaign contributions as a uniquely corrupting political force even as President Biden benefited from a record-shattering amount of dark money donations during the 2020 election.
A report published by Bloomberg News shows that Biden raked in about $145 million in donations from anonymous donors to outside groups backing him, far outstripping the $28.4 million spent on behalf of his rival, former President Donald Trump. It also tops the previous record of $113 million in dark money donations spent on behalf of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012.