House votes to pass American Rescue Plan Act: President Biden expected to sign measure
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The House of Representatives voted 220-211 on Wednesday to send the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act to President Joe Biden’s desk.
Search Results for Democrats
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Ken Plum: And they are off!
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Virginia voters have more choices than ever. That is a good thing. Democracy has broken out in the Commonwealth.
Climate Action Alliance of the Valley climate, energy news roundup: March 7
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Climate Action Alliance of the Valley produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News. Excerpts from a recent Roundup follow; full Roundup is here.
Senate passes watered-down version of COVID-19 relief: Bill, with Biden’s support, heads back to House
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The Senate voted 50-49 Saturday to pass a version of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill perhaps more notable for what it doesn’t include than what it does.
Morgan Griffith: Remaking the United States by April 1
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Over the course of a few weeks, House Democrats have passed bill after bill aiming to fundamentally reshape the United States.
Ken Plum: A progressive state, if we can keep it
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Far more meaningful than the partisan labels of elected officials are the changes that have taken place in the laws of the Commonwealth.
Chris Graham: The stupid politics behind COVID-19 vaccines
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I get some people’s reluctance over the COVID-19 vaccines. I also get that the why some people have reluctance over the COVID-19 vaccines has nothing to do with any actual science.
House passes $1.9T COVID-19 relief package: The political battle has just begun
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The House of Representatives, by a razor-thin 219-212 margin, voted in the wee hours of Saturday morning to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, setting up the next political battle in the U.S. Senate.
David M. Dozier: All executions are political
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At his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate on Feb. 22, President Biden’s pick for attorney general continued the Democratic Party’s slow walk back from its historical support of the death penalty.
Bennet, Kaine: Medicare-X Choice Act would achieve universal healthcare
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Senate legislation from Democrats Michael Bennet and Tim Kaine would effectively enact universal healthcare by making coverage more affordable and accessible.
