The Biden Presidency Now Stands a Chance Russell Berman
Updated at 4:51 p.m. ET on January 6, 2021.
Joe Biden will begin his presidency with a Democratic majority in both chambers of Congress and a freer hand to install his government and pursue if not necessarily enact an expansive legislative agenda. Reverend Raphael Warnock defeated Senator Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia runoff last night, and challenger Jon Ossoff was declared the victor over David Perdue today.
Now that Democrats have captured Georgia’s two Senate seats, as projected, come January 20 they will be able to dislodge Mitch McConnell as the majority leader, removing the party’s most formidable congressional foe from a post where he could have blocked Biden at nearly every turn.
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AOC called Ricketts racist on Twitter, he responded that she doesn t care about Nebraskans
January 6, 2021 11:55 am
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN)- On Tuesday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) called Governor Pete Ricketts racist in a tweet responding to comments he made in his press briefing Monday morning regarding undocumented workers receiving vaccines.
Imagine being so racist that you go out of your way to ensure that the people who prepare your food are unvaccinated. https://t.co/QtWoJ6XG72
Ricketts was asked about undocumented workers–specifically, those working in meatpacking plants–getting the vaccine.
“You’re supposed to be a legal resident of the country to be able to be working in those plants so I do not expect that illegal residents will be part of the vaccine with that program,” Ricketts said.
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These Freshman Lawmakers Will Join AOC and the Squad in the Progressive Caucus
On 1/3/21 at 12:30 PM EST
The November election saw a number of victories for fresh Republican faces like Representative Madison Cawthorn, who replaced Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the youngest member of Congress, and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory. But Sunday s swearing in of new congressional members also includes a number of progressives.
The so-called Squad, a group of progressive House Democrats including Ocasio-Cortez as well as Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, inducted a second class of new representatives, thus bolstering the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which includes Senator Bernie Sanders.
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