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In first for LGBTQ history, Buttigieg confirmed as Cabinet-level appointee

In first for LGBTQ history, Buttigieg confirmed as Cabinet-level appointee
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Bay Area Reporter :: In first for LGBTQ history, Buttigieg confirmed as Cabinet-level appointee

Pete Buttigieg was approved by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday as transportation secretary with bipartisan support, marking the first-time ever an openly gay person was confirmed to a Cabinet-level position and a long overdue achievement for the LGBTQ community. The February 2 vote to confirm Buttigieg, 39, the former South Bend mayor who was nominated by President Joe Biden after making waves in the 2020 Democratic primary as an openly gay candidate, was 86-13. The Senate technically hadn t been officially called as of the time of this posting, but Buttigieg as of 1 p.m. (Eastern) was beyond the majority threshold needed for confirmation.

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Biden Invites GOP Senators to White House to Discuss Pandemic Relief Plan

A group of GOP senators will meet with President Joe Biden following their request for a meeting to propose an alternative CCP virus stimulus package.

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Kamala Harris big role: Biden s eyes and ears in the Senate

Kamala Harris big role: Biden s eyes and ears in the Senate Jamie Stiehm FacebookTwitterEmail President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala HarrisDrew Angerer / Getty Images WASHINGTON Vice President Kamala Harris will spend a lot of time in the 50-50 Senate, you hear nowadays, since she’s constitutionally required to break tie votes. People say this with a sigh, as if the duty will be a drag and distraction. But there’s no better thing for shaping a new era of bridge-building between the Biden White House and Capitol Hill. Becoming president of the Senate presents an opportunity to be a critical player in re-inventing American democracy, battered in our time and breached in that very building, the Capitol.

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Biden EOs, DOL Opinion Letters Withdrawn & Fed Contractor Min Wage

Friday, January 29, 2021 Status Check on Congress. We are more than one week into the Biden administration and the president has made progress filling out his cabinet. Antony Blinken (U.S. secretary of state), Janet Yellen (U.S. secretary of the treasury), Lloyd Austin (U.S. secretary of defense), and Avril Haines (director of national intelligence) have all been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But aside from these confirmations in the Senate, there hasn’t been much activity in Congress. Indeed, legislators are still working on administrative issues such as committee assignments, and in the Senate, Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) haven’t completely finalized all the details of their power-sharing agreement. This means that formal work on legislation relating to COVID-19, the economy, and immigration hasn’t started yet. With regard to President Biden’s COVID-19/economic stimulus plan, it appears that Democrats are s

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