The House passed legislation on Friday to legalize marijuana nationwide and eliminate the longstanding criminal penalties for anyone who distributes or possesses it. Lawmakers passed the bill largely along party lines, 220-204, with three Republicans joining all but two Democrats in support. The three Republicans who voted for the bill were Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Brian Mast (Fla.) and Tom McClintock (Calif.), while Democratic Reps. […]
Fourteen Republican senators were at odds with their party when they voted with Democrats to raise the debt limit. The machination allowed the Democrats to assume responsibility for the debt limit without any GOP support. The vote came after a deal was brokered by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. […]
Former President Donald J. Trump is champing at the bit to push his bid for another presidential run, but Republicans are shaking in their boots as an early announcement they believe would jeopardize the party’s fortune in the mid-term election. At the same time, some would like to see the former president disappear from the political scene as another run […]
After a long hullabaloo, the U.S. Senators have agreed to extend the country’s debt ceiling, less than two weeks before the deadline. The decision has put to rest the ugly outburst between Republicans and Democrats and reduced uncertainty within the financial markets. There were fears that the U.S. would default on its national debt, with catastrophic implications not only locally […]
In the words of Donald J. Trump, “what the hell is going on?” Democrats failed to get their agenda going and continue to fall over themselves as their queenmaker and kingmaker, Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) (R) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), respectively, play hardball. The two Democrat senators’ angst is that the $3.5 trillion social infrastructure and $1.2 trillion physical infrastructure […]
Everyone in the U.S. except some Republicans would agree that healthcare should be an inalienable right and not a privilege for the American people. And to channel Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), “healthcare is a human right.” All Americans should be able to visit the doctor when they’re sick and not go bankrupt after a hospital stay. Truth be told, any […]
President Joe Biden is proving to be a new and different President, not only in rhetoric but also in action. He ignored the Republicans posture to push through his American Rescue Plan, putting $1.9 trillion in the economy, which included $1,400 stimulus checks, extended unemployment, a vaccine rollout, continuing eviction, foreclosure moratoriums, and increasing the Child Tax Credit among other […]
President Donald Trump lambasted congressional Republicans after the House in a 322-87 vote override his veto of a defense policy bill. A total of 109 Republicans pledged solidarity with Democrats on Monday to approve the override, which would be the first of Trump’s presidency. The Senate is expected to consider the measure before the end of the week. Trump blasted […]
The U.S. House of Representatives voted recently to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. However, the vote means nothing if the Republicans maintain control of the Senate under a Biden Administration. In the U.S. cannabis was officially outlawed for any use (medical included) with the passage of the 1970 Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Since then, multiple efforts to reschedule cannabis […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that Senate Republicans will begin considering proposals for a “fourth and final” coronavirus response bill to address the needs of the country “in about a month.” He made it clear that the bill under consideration will be restricted in scope and will not be as expansive as prior bills. McConnell noted that the […]
