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Congress on Monday approved a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package that was combined with a $1.4 trillion government-funding bill.
Among the provisions in the 5,000-plus-page bill is a stipulation that would make illegal streaming a felony.
The omnibus package would give aid to Israel and Jordan and includes funding for the southern border wall, broadband, and the military.
The bill is headed to President Donald Trump for his signature.
The House of Representatives and the Senate on Monday approved a $900 billion stimulus package that would give Americans $600 checks and provide a $300 weekly federal unemployment benefit for 11 weeks.
The stimulus was combined with a $1.4 trillion government-funding omnibus bill with a wide range of provisions including making illegal streaming a felony.
The National Museum of the American Latino Is Finally Happening
The National Museum of the American Latino Is Finally Happening
Lead Photo: Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla
Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla
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While the big news coming out of Congress is the long awaited COVID-19 Stimulus Bill finally passing, there’s another piece of big news coming from DC–we are
“Twenty-six years in the making, the determination of so many in Congress, in business, the arts and across our communities, finally pays off. A museum that highlights the contributions of Latinos and Latinas to our nation at a time when the pandemic has so disproportionately impacted our community seems very fitting,” said Estuardo Rodriguez, President & CEO of FRIENDS.
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U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-ME, and Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, announced that
The Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act passed the Senate as part of the year-end omnibus funding package. This bipartisan legislation will establish a Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C., honoring American women. The legislation now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
“As our Women’s Suffrage Centennial year draws to a close, I am delighted that Congress was able to work together in a bipartisan way to pass this legislation,” said Senator Collins. “I look forward to the creation of a museum in our nation’s capital that celebrates the invaluable contributions women have made to our nation.”
Erin Rider: A Republican womanâs response to Mike Leeâs vote on the Womenâs History Museum
Senator has never had to worry about being marginalized.
(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Sen. Mike Lee speaks at the Utah Association of Realtors office where GOP candidates gathered in Sandy, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
By Erin Rider | Special to The Tribune
  | Dec. 15, 2020, 1:30 a.m.
Dear Sen. Mike Lee,
You may not realize this, but women havenât always had it easy in this country. It has taken a long time for women to legally receive the same rights as men, and we are still fighting for those rights in many ways even today.
Yesterday, a lone Senator blocked proposals for Smithsonian museums dedicated to Latinx and women s history from unanimous approval by the Senate. The Senator suggested that the two museums, which have strong bipartisan support in congress, would “further divide an already divided nation within an array of separate but equal museums of hyphenated identity group.”
My own experience with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture suggests that approval of the proposed museums represent an important step toward national unity.
For context, I am biology professor who works with students interested in careers in healthcare. In the spring of 2018 my students and I attended a conference in Washington D.C. related to their interest in the health professions. We found ourselves with a day off from conference activities and so took the opportunity to visit some of the 19 Smithsonian Museums and Galleries in the capital city. Given the div