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Feb 02 2021
Opinion
Biden's Orders Continue the Presidency's Slide Toward Elective Monarchy
"Ease up on the executive actions, Joe," The New York Times urged recently inaugurated President Biden last week. While supportive of the president's broadly progressive agenda, the newspaper's editorial board found his flurry of executive orders and other unilateral actions both troubling and vulnerable to easy reversal by future presidents. "This is no way to make law," the Times added.
ReasonMay 05 2014
News
Nancy Pelosi to GOP: Honor Cinco de Mayo by Passing Amnesty
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said House Republicans on Cinco de Mayo should be as courageous as the Mexican militia that defeated the French army in the Battle of Puebla to pass amnesty legislation. Pelosi, who has said that passing amnesty legislation would be more important to her than becoming Speaker again, said "the time is now for comprehensive immigration reform" and for "H
Breitbart NewsApr 17 2017
News
Trump’s Renewed Focus on Health Bill Vexes GOP Tax Overhaul Strategy
President Donald Trump’s revived enthusiasm for tackling health-care legislation before tax policy has highlighted the complicated interplay between Republicans’ health-care overhaul and their planned tax bill.
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 27 2019
News
Dem Report: NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' for Russia
The National Rifle Association was a "foreign asset" for Russia as the 2016 presidential election neared — and the gun-rights group underwrote political access for convicted spy Maria Butina and others despite knowing their Kremlin ties, according to a Senate Democratic report Friday.
"NRA officers' apparent use of the NRA for personal gain fits a larger pattern of reported self-dealing
Newsmax (News)Jul 14 2021
News
Biden to rally Senate Democrats on spending goals after they reach $3.5 trillion budget deal
President Joe Biden is set to meet with the Senate Democratic caucus Wednesday to shore up support for his sweeping infrastructure and economic investment goals, hours after the lawmakers announced they had reached an agreement on a multitrillion-dollar budget resolution.
That budget accord, which would spend $3.5 trillion over the next decade, will be added to the roughly $600 billion
CNBCJun 07 2021
News
Critical race theory: Who gets to decide what is history?
A tug of war over the teaching of American history and race is playing out in state legislatures. Given the chasm between views on either side, what is the best path forward?
Kenya Minott and Robin Steenman are both concerned about the national uproar around critical race theory, but for different reasons.
For Dr. Minott, a consultant in Houston who provides anti-racism training
Christian Science MonitorNov 02 2017
News
GOP tax plan would shrink mortgage interest benefit, slash corporate tax rate
House Republican leaders on Thursday proposed legislation that would overhaul the U.S. tax code, slash corporate and individual income tax rates and jettison numerous tax breaks Americans and businesses have used for years to limit their tax bills.
Washington PostMar 17 2020
News
Trump administration seeks roughly $850 billion in emergency stimulus to confront coronavirus economic fallout
The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve a massive economic stimulus package of around $850 billion to stanch the economic free fall caused by the coronavirus, four officials familiar with the planning said Tuesday.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will present details to Senate Republicans later Tuesday. The package would be mostly devoted to flooding the economy with
Washington PostSep 15 2020
Opinion
Trump’s Shredding of Civil Liberties Won’t Stop With Antifa
An American was killed by federal agents and the president called it “retribution.” We are so far gone.
There is still a lot we don’t know about the killing, early this month, of Michael Forest Reinoehl.
Reinoehl, a self-described antifa supporter, was a suspect in the shooting of Aaron J. Danielson, a backer of the far-right group Patriot Prayer, during an August street
Michelle GoldbergAug 18 2020
News
Pasadena police chief vows transparency after weekend shooting
During a two-hour news conference with local media outlets Monday, Pasadena Police Chief John Perez released video of a confrontation between police and protesters that followed the fatal police shooting of a Black man Saturday — and promised to release body-cam footage of the shooting itself soon.
Amid an ongoing community debate about policing and oversight, Perez spoke to reporters
Pasadena Star-News