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Republicans and Democrats are at odds over a sweeping election bill that seeks to reform voting, campaign finance, and ethics laws.
The so-called For the People Act cleared the U.S. House last month with just one Democrat siding with unanimous GOP opposition.
Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis said while Democrats claim the bill prevents voter suppression, that doesn t tell the whole story.
Campaign finance
Davis called the measure a Democratic power grab that reaches far beyond voting rights.
“This is not a For the People Act, as it s titled. This is not a voting rights bill. This is a For the Politicians Act, Davis said. This is the furthest thing from a voting rights bill that we can get to because, really, what this bill does that doesn t get a lot of reports about it is that it gives every single member of Congress the ability to get $7.2 million put into their own campaign accounts.”
Members of billionaire Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma whined in emails about falling behind financially after being blamed for fueling the opioid crisis
Members of the billionaire Sackler family, who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, reportedly complained in emails about falling behind financially
Email in question dates back to 2017 when Mortimer, the son of Mortimer Sackler Sr, requested a $10million loan from the family trust
The younger Mortimer wrote to a confidant: Start off with saying I am not happy. I am falling significantly behind financially
Emails were revealed in Patrick Radden Keefe s new book Empire of Pain
Environmental News For The Week Ending 03 April 2019
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There hasn t been much change in the trajectory of either US Covid metric: new cases continue to increase at a modest pace, while US Covid deaths continue to fall. New cases of Covid confirmed over the week ending April 3rd were 5.9% higher that those confirmed over the week ending March 27th, and 15.9% higher than those of the week ending March 20th, while US Covid deaths during the week ending April 3rd were 12.2% lower than the prior week, and down 74.7% from the peak week in late January.
In his $2 trillion plan to improve America s infrastructure, President Biden is promising to address the racism ingrained in historical transportation and urban planning.
Biden s plan includes $20 billion for a program that would reconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments, according to the White House. It also looks to target 40 percent of the benefits of climate and clean infrastructure investments to disadvantaged communities.
Planners of the interstate highway system, which began to take shape after the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, routed some highways directly, and sometimes purposefully, through Black and brown communities. In some instances, the government took homes by eminent domain.
In his $2 trillion plan to improve America s infrastructure, President Biden is promising to address the racism ingrained in historical transportation and urban planning.
Biden s plan includes $20 billion for a program that would reconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments, according to the White House. It also looks to target 40 percent of the benefits of climate and clean infrastructure investments to disadvantaged communities.
Planners of the interstate highway system, which began to take shape after the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, routed some highways directly, and sometimes purposefully, through Black and brown communities. In some instances, the government took homes by eminent domain.