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(Photo : Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Speaker Pelosi Holds Press Event On Care Economy With Democratic Women s Conference
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 1: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attends a news conference with the Democratic Women s Conference about the care economy, at the U.S. Capitol July 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi has pushed for extending funding for the nations care economy to be included in infrastructure legislation.
After a visit from Texas state lawmakers who had COVID-19 spreading through their ranks, two Washington staffers, including a White House official and one who works for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, tested positive for the coronavirus.
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The variant s arrival on the Hill has shaken its slow return to normalcy.
Covid infections have crept back onto the Hill. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s trip to Israel got postponed. Nearly half of House members are masked on the floor again. One Senate Democrat even floated a “proof of vaccination” card to enter the Capitol.
As Covid infections have crept back onto the Hill, they ve shattered the sense of calm that had just begun to settle across the complex after the deadly pandemic and insurrection. After a weekslong trudge toward normalcy, fears are now spiking over the highly contagious Delta variant, which the Capitol physician confirmed Tuesday has been reported in Capitol office buildings.