Just as a “third wave” of COVID-19 (Delta variant) is now gripping the nation, the pandemic relief measures that Congress passed earlier are set to expire. The New Republic reports: Millions of renters who have been unable to pay their rent during the Covid-19 pandemic received a temporary, last-minute reprieve last month when the Centers … Read more
Do you believe in miracles? A group of Democratic and Republican Senators (including Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema) has concluded a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal that would provide much-needed funding to the nation’s roads, bridges, railways, waterways, airports, and broadband. Eureka! Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said earlier today (July 28, 2021) that a vote to … Read more
Former U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, said, ”Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts”. These words written in 1983, with today’s relentless attacks on facts and the truth, are now even more applicable. The election was stolen, the January 6th insurrectionists were tourists, and the Earth is flat. Yes, there … Read more
Told ya so! The Gang of Twenty’s fictitious “bipartisan” infrastructure bill appears to be falling apart today after Republican negotiators had promised they would have the bill ready by Monday. There was never any good faith in these negotiations, despite what Joe Biden would like to believe, it was always Mitch McConnell’s rope-a-dope strategy to … Read more
There are three Democratic Senators who have not yet fully committed to the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would make improvements to union organizing rights, and end free rider so-called “right to work” laws: Sen. Mark Warner (VA), and Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly. Senator Mark Kelly now appears to be … Read more