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The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday with sweeping bipartisan support to open debate on an anti-Asian American hate crimes bill, clearing a key hurdle to its final passage vote in the chamber.
The evenly-split Senate voted 92-6 to move forward debating on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a bill drafted by Democrats that intended to speed up administrative processing of hate crimes, which the Asian American community has seen a skyrocketing surge during the pandemic. I m so glad that our Republican colleagues have voted with us to proceed with this legislation. This was never intended as gotcha legislation. It was always intended as bipartisan legislation, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said after the vote.
2021-04-15 04:36:09 GMT2021-04-15 12:36:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, April 14 (Xinhua) The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday with sweeping bipartisan support to open debate on an anti-Asian American hate crimes bill, clearing a key hurdle to its final passage vote in the chamber.
The evenly-split Senate voted 92-6 to move forward debating on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a bill drafted by Democrats that intended to speed up administrative processing of hate crimes, which the Asian American community has seen a skyrocketing surge during the pandemic. I m so glad that our Republican colleagues have voted with us to proceed with this legislation. This was never intended as gotcha legislation. It was always intended as bipartisan legislation, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said after the vote.
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Fulton County Administrative Officer Jon Stead, right, discusses an item during Monday s Board of Supervisors meeting at the County Office Building in Johnstown. At left is board Chairman Jack Callery, and in the center is Perth Supervisor Greg Fagan. (The Leader-Herald/Michael Anich)
JOHNSTOWN Fulton County on Monday took a major early step toward bringing to fruition a $29 million Route 30/30A Corridor sanitary sewer construction project from Gloversville to Mayfield and Northville.
The full Board of Supervisors endorsed the concept of the project at its monthly meeting at the County Office Building.
Board Chairman Jack Callery told the board that he and other county officials met last week locally with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer of New York. He said the senator indicated he would “keep us in mind” for federal infrastructure funding for the sewer project.