Mitt Romney and Susan Collins, both moderate Republican senators, announced Monday they will vote against Neera Tanden s nomination to run President Joe Biden s White House budget office.
Progressives Push for Joe Biden s $1,400 Stimulus Checks on President s Day: 44 Days
On 2/15/21 at 9:46 PM EST
On President s Day, progressive politicians and journalists on social media pushed Congress and President Joe Biden for the $1,400 stimulus checks that Democrats have promised to deliver to Americans.
Before taking office, Biden said that he wanted to act boldly and urgently to get the checks passed through Congress. We don t have a second to waste when it comes to delivering the American people the relief they desperately need, he said. But weeks have gone by since Biden s inauguration and the installment of a new Congress, and the president s stimulus plan has still not been passed.
âIt is truly sad and dangerousâ: New England politicians condemn Trumpâs acquittal
By Shannon Larson Globe Staff,Updated February 14, 2021, 7:40 a.m.
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said that it is truly sad and dangerous that only [seven] Republicans voted to convict former president Donald Trump.Nicole Hester/Associated Press
Former president Donald Trump was acquitted in a 57-43 vote by the Senate Saturday during his historic second impeachment trial, clearing him of the charge that he incited the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6 and leaving him free to pursue office again in the future.
A heavy dose of whataboutism, an extremely broad definition of free speech and eyebrow raising answers about what Trump knew and when made up the bulk of Trump's defence case.