Family says former Vice President Walter Mondale has died at 93
Mondale made his biggest mark as the vice president who converted that office from a historical joke Vice President John Nance Gardner famously described it as a job that wasn’t “worth a pitcher of warm spit” to one of the vital centers in American government.
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Former Vice President Walter Mondale listens to speakers during a dedication ceremony in October 2019 at the William O Brien State Park in Marine on Saint Croix, Minn. Mondale s family announced Monday, April 19, 2021, that the former vice president died at age 93. Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News
Republicans aren t buying it. In Biden’s Washington, words have no meaning. If the White House supports something, then it’s ‘emergency COVID-19’ relief or ‘infrastructure.’ If they oppose it, then it’s a ‘Jim Crow relic. No matter what it is, a Senate Republican aide told Fox News. Aside from being intellectually lazy, it’s also flat-out Orwellian. Some might also call it a lie. We are all infrastructure now, the subject line of an email from the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., read. McConnell and other Republicans have argued that only about 6% of Biden s plan goes to roads and bridges, the image that comes to most people s minds when they think of infrastructure.
The time will never be better than right now to invest in the nation’s infrastructure, senior administration officials told lawmakers, as negotiations over President Biden’s American Jobs Plan continue at the White House.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks Tuesday to members of the Senate Appropriations Committee on the need to pass the president’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan. (Screenshot courtesy of Senate Appropriations Committee livestream via Courthouse News)
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In April 2021, progressive Democratic members of the House of Representatives and Senate introduced a bill that would increase the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court from nine to 13.
The legislation itself was remarkably short, replacing just two words in the text of existing federal law. However, the Judiciary Act of 2021 touched on an infamous episode in American political history, and had the potential to inflame tensions within the Democratic Party.
In response to inquiries from Snopes readers, the following is a breakdown of what “court-packing” is, its history, and why it’s in the news again in April 2021.
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