Monthly Archives: July 2020

Obama’s call to abolish the filibuster places more emphasis on tactics

The right to filibuster legislation remains in place and Democrats fear that removing it may inconvenience moderate and independent voters, alter the character of the Senate and further diminish any attempt at bipartisanship. Democrats in Republican-leaning states have said they don’t support the idea. But Biden, a product of more …

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Young children have higher levels of Covid-19: study

Children under the age of five have 10 to 100 times higher levels of coronavirus genetic material in the nose compared to older children and adults, a study at JAMA Pediatrics said Thursday. Its authors wrote that this meant that young children could be major drivers of Covid-19 transmission within …

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