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Showing posts with label Biden 100 days. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

The Paycheck Protection Program has served as a crucial lifeline for small businesses during this pandemic


Today, I signed the bipartisan PPP Extension Act of 2021 to extend the application deadline and ensure more small businesses can get the support they need.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Biden wants infrastructure package approved over summer


WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is aiming for summer passage of an infrastructure plan that is expected to cost more than $3 trillion, and the White House hopes to take a more deliberate and collaborative approach with the contentious Congress than it did on the COVID-19 rescue package, officials said Monday.

Monday, March 29, 2021

Biden approval rating on COVID-19 reaches 72 percent: poll


An overwhelming majority of Americans approve of President Biden's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and his administration's handling of vaccine distribution thus far, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows. Results from the poll, which were released on Sunday, showed that 75 percent of Americans approved of Biden's pandemic response. Seventy-two percent of respondents expressed approval of his administration's handling of vaccine distribution.

Sunday, March 28, 2021

Why Biden's marijuana stance is 10 years behind the curve


President Joe Biden and the federal government are behind the times on marijuana reform. Earlier this month, five members of the Biden administration were let go at least in part for admitting to past marijuana use. Marijuana is still illegal under federal law.

I urge Congress to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act


We need to make it easier for all eligible Americans to access the ballot box and prevent attacks on the sacred right to vote.

Saturday, March 27, 2021

JOE BIDEN: ‘I Came to the United States Senate 120 Years Ago’


President Biden held his first solo press briefing from the White House Thursday after 64 days in office; answering questions pertaining to immigration, the Coronavirus pandemic, and working with Republicans.
 
“With regard to the filibuster, I believe we should go back to a position with the filibuster that existed when I came to the United States Senate 120 years ago,” said Biden.

Why Joe Biden Is Embracing His Age


He talked about the “coffin ship in the Irish Sea” in which his great-great-grandfather came to this country in the 1800s. He talked about the filibuster in part by offering up dusty pieces of his personal past.

Friday, March 26, 2021

Biden slams Georgia voting law as 'a blatant attack' on U.S. constitution


WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Friday condemned a new voting law in Georgia as “a blatant attack on the constitution and good conscience.”

Biden calls new Georgia voting law 'Jim Crow in the 21st Century'


President Joe Biden on Friday called a sweeping elections bill signed into law in Georgia "Jim Crow in the 21st Century" and a "blatant attack on the Constitution and good conscience."