Democrats, increasingly hopeful they can retake the White House and Senate in November, are discussing changing the Senate rules to pass legislation with a simple majority vote. Known as the “nuclear option,” the move to remove the 60-vote threshold currently needed to end the debate in a full Senate would …
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As the new coronavirus emerges in the US, with 71,000 new coronavirus cases nationwide on Thursday, the most in a single day, the debate over whether state governments should require masks has become increasingly more controversial. In recent weeks, a growing number of states have begun issuing new mask requirements. …
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it his “red line” status. July 17, 2020, 9:10 pm 4 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it his red line: Liability protection for schools, businesses, and other entities that will reopen amid …
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One official said, “We need our doctors to focus on the response to the pandemic.” July 17, 2020 10:40 pm 4 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article The White House on Friday blocked Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from testifying before …
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With COVID-19 cases on the rise nationwide, Americans by almost a two-to-one margin are suspicious of what President Donald Trump says about the pandemic, and six in 10 in a new ABC News / Washington poll. Post disapprove of how he is handling it, since the first days of the …
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