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Sarah Elbeshbishi
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Biden signs orders to undo ‘damage inflicted by Trump’
President Joe Biden is taking his first steps to reverse the Trump administration’s health policy. In an interview with Oval Office reporters, Biden said he had signed two executive orders to “undo the damage done by Trump” to health care. (January 28)
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One month after a violent uprising at the US Capitol, trying to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Reflects on the incident and its implications during an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “
Pressley argued that the violent mob looting of the Capitol resulted “because we as a country were flipping through” and did not address systemic issues that plagued the country socially and economically, such as racism and inequality. .
“If we really believe that this is a moment of account in all respects, we must act accordingly,” Pressley argued. “And that means Donald J. Trump must be held accountable for being guilty of inciting this uprising by perpetuating this great lie.”
The representative argued that the Capitol rioters should be “continued” by the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies for their involvement in the riot, and that former President Donald Trump should be found guilty of his conduct in his Senate prosecution hearing. on that day. , which according to the House Democrats incited the riot.
Pressley said her experience of hiding large numbers of whites in the Capitol has parallels to violent terrorist attacks that black Americans have endured throughout the country’s history. “As a black woman, barricaded in my office, with office furniture and water bottles on the ground, in the dark, that horror, those moments of horror, is known to me in a deep and ancestral way,” Pressley said. . .
The representative said she still feels safe working at the Capitol.
“Again, this is known in a kind of way. So it will not deter or hinder me from doing my job on behalf of the American people,” she said.
Pressley highlights one scene she saw in the riots in Capitol, where a black security guard helped clean the building after the mob looted the building.
“One of the images I haunt is the black conservationists clearing the mess left by that violent white supremacist crowd,” she recalls. “This is a metaphor for America. We have been cleaning up for generations after violent white supremacist crowds. And it must end.”
– Matthew Brown
Transport Secretary Buttigieg pleads for Biden aid plan
Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg, during an interview Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week,” raised the issue for President Joe Biden’s relief package.
“Every day that passes, the need for relief becomes more urgent, to ensure that we have the means to defeat this virus, but also to support American working families,” he said, arguing that sentiment is also a broad appeal. among Republicans outside Washington. He added his hope that such support “will also appear under Republican lawmakers here in Washington, but that is, of course, what the next few days will show.”
Although Buttigieg acknowledged that within the Democratic caucus, the government will have to negotiate the threshold of the right to direct Americans’ stimulus tests, the bottom line is that we have as many Americans as we can support, as strong as we can, and as fast as we can. Time is of the essence, ‘he said.
‘And part of what was a real struggle when we last faced a major economic challenge in 2009 was a feeling that it was necessary – if there was more political will in Washington to to do more, the economy might have recovered faster, ‘Buttigieg said.
During the interview, the secretary also discussed the need to build U.S. infrastructure, arguing that ‘we also have a historic moment in hand where we realized how critical these needs are. We can not keep kicking the can. “He notes that the favorable environment currently has governments funding large works such as infrastructure projects.
Asked whether Congress, especially the Republican Republicans, would cooperate on such a package, Buttigieg said: “Congress has many constitutional duties. The duties all run at the same time, but the provision of infrastructure for the US people are definitely part of the responsibility. “
– Matthew Brown
Yellen: Full employment is expected by 2022 if the Biden aid plan succeeds
Finance Minister Janet Yellen predicts that President Joe Biden’s proposed COVID-19 assistance package will get the US economy back on track by 2022.
“I would expect that if we succeed in this package, we will be back in full service next year,” Yellen told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.
The prediction comes as Democrats and Congress and the White House prepare to pass on much of Biden’s proposed plan through budget reconciliation, a process that allows Democrats to bypass the senate’s filibuster rule and policy out to deal with only budgetary issues, such as taxes and spending.
Yellen, like most Democrats in Washington, is calling for a larger stimulus package to address the myriad economic and public health issues she says can only be addressed through federal intervention. “Our country is currently hurting, but we know what we need to do to help,” Yellen tweeted on Thursday.
Referring to analyzes by the Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan government think tank, Yellen told CNN that “if we do not provide additional support, the unemployment rate will continue for years to come.”
Most economists expect that, if current trends prevail, the US economy will return to full employment in 2024 or 2025. Yellen’s economic outlook is more optimistic based on the forecast that Biden’s aid sector will pick up sectors of the economy and accelerate the explosion of the vaccine, which will allow the country to reopen.
Yellen, the first female chair of the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department, is a respected economist among liberals and conservatives in the field. Yellen recently joined Biden and the Democratic senators to discuss the best economic policies to address the ongoing economic crisis. She also attended a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss relief for black businesses with the Black Chambers of Commerce.
– Matthew Brown
Arizona Senate threatens Maricopa County officials’ contempt charge over election audit
PHOENIX – A quarrel between the Arizona Senate and the Maricopa Province Board of Supervisors over the fact that lawmakers are urging the country to reconsider the 2020 general election results has escalated in recent weeks .
Now the state Senate can take it even further.
The Arizona Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, has threatened to hold the supervisors, almost all Republicans, in contempt for failing to respond to subpoenas asking for copies of all of the province’s ballots and access to voting machines. The Senate wants to do its own audit.
Some senators have even threatened to arrest the supervisors over the case, and the body could already vote on the contempt decision on Monday.
If lawmakers continue to do so, it could be a first in Arizona history. No legislature surveyed could recall the Senate ever passing such a resolution.
According to state law, after an election, provinces must conduct two types of audits: a counting of ballot papers and a logical and accuracy test of voting machines.
For the number of counts, the province examined the ballots of 2% of the polling stations, as well as 5,000 early ballots, and found that the province’s voting machines counted the votes with 100% accuracy. Political parties appointed representatives to choose in which centers they should audit, and they helped carry out the count.
The logic and accuracy test also found that machines work without errors.
The Senate wants a more thorough number of votes. And they want to do it themselves – or choose who they want.
In December, Senate Republicans issued two subpoenas to supervisors requiring images of each ballot paper, access to voting machines and software, and voter information, such as voter address, date of birth, and party affiliation.
Instead of responding to the subpoenas, on December 18, the supervisors filed a case with the Maricopa County High Court, asking the judge to decide whether to provide the information.
The province argued in part that the subpoenas violated Arizona laws regarding ballot secrecy and access to ballots.
– Jen Fifield and Andrew Oxford, Republic of Arizona
Rep. Liz Cheney was selected by Wyoming GOP
The Wyoming Republican Party voted Rep. Liz Cheney on Saturday for her vote last month to accuse then-President Donald Trump.
The vote to reprimand Cheney – first reported by the Casper Star Tribune – comes days after Republicans in the House voted to remove Cheney from her leadership post over her accusation.
Cheney responded to her misunderstanding in a statement on Saturday, saying her vote to reject Trump was “forced by the oath I swore to the Constitution.”
“I will always fight for Wyoming values and stand up for our Western way of life,” she continued. “We have great challenges ahead of us as we move forward and combat the disastrous policies of the Biden administration.”
Cheney is one of several Congressional Republicans condemned by their state IDP committee. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., Was censored by the Nebraska Republican Party State Committee on Thursday for his serious criticism of Trump.
The state GOP called on Cheney to resign “immediately” in their motion of no confidence. They also said they plan to ‘withhold future political funding’ and asked that she repay her donations for the 2020 campaign.
The Republican Party in Arizona in January condemned the government, Doug Ducey, former senators Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain.
Ducey was criticized for introducing COVID rules that, according to the party, restricted personal freedoms and forced people to comply with unconstitutional orders.
The GOP condemns Flake for saying he condemns the Republican Party and ‘rejects populism’.
McCain, who along with Flake endorsed Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 election, is accused of supporting ‘globalist policies and candidates’.
– Sarah Elbeshbishi