The bill approved unanimously Wednesday by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee would allocate $311 billion over five years for roads and highways.
George Floyd’s murder by a police officer exactly a year ago Tuesday sparked a national conversation and proposal for police reform that is still being had today.
Protesters stream through Washington in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police. (Brandi Buchman photo/Courthouse News)
WASHINGTON (CN) Police are still killing Black people disproportionately a year after the death of George Floyd, whose pleas for his mother, his life and some semblance of humanity as he struggled to breathe under a police officer’s knee stirred the national dialogue on police brutality and sparked national legislation intended to reform.
Romney Becomes First GOP Sen. To Back Bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) attends a hearing August 4, 2020. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) May 25, 2021 7:45 a.m.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Monday expressed support for the House bill on creating a bipartisan commission to study the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
“I would support the bill,” Romney told reporters, per the Hill and Axios.
The Utah Republican is the first GOP senator to back the measure.
All eyes are on the Senate after the bill passed in the House in a 252-175 vote, with 35 Republicans crossing party lines to approve the commission.
Lisa Murkowski becomes the second Republican Senator after Mitt Romney to say she will vote FOR the Capitol riot commission - leaving Democrats needing eight more swing votes
Republicans Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski said this week they would vote for the creation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot
Romney became the first Republican senator to give the definitive answer on a vote on Monday and Murkowski followed on Tuesday
Democrats plan to bring a floor vote to debate the creation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot very soon
Several other Republicans have said they d support or are open to its creation
Smearing An Eminently Qualified Black Woman Is Business As Usual
She has been endorsed by many law enforcement groups, including the National Association of Police Organizations, yet she was accused of being anti-police. Baseless innuendo thrown her way has been refuted by support from the National Council of Jewish Women, the Anti-Defamation League, and dozens of other local, state, and national Jewish organizations. She s been tagged as extreme, which only makes sense if being an advocate for an equitable society qualifies.
The nomination of Kristen Clarke, President Joe Biden s choice to serve as assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, barely made it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. Panelists split 11-11 along party lines, and then on Tuesday, the full Senate voted 50-48 to discharge the nomination from the committee, setting up a final floor vote.