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Jackson, Mississippi mdash; Katrina Folks says she has tried everything she can think of to find work since losing her job in September because of the coronavirus pandemic.The 39-year-old mother from Hattiesburg used to do data entry at a law firm, and she has health issues stanley mugs that require her to work from home. She said she has been doing three interviews a week and bought WiFi and a computer to try to make herself a stronger job candidate. But she hasn t been able to find work that will accommodate her weekly doctor s appointments. Every time I put in an application and they call me, I seem to hit a brick wall, she said. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced May 10 that Mississippi will opt out of the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered e stanley cup xtended support for the unemployed.Gig workers to lose all unemployment benefits in two dozen GOP-led statesOne mom frets as jobless aid ends earl stanley cups y: Either way, I lose At least 24 Republican-led states in the U.S. have now decided to end federal unemployment benefits early, months before they were set to expire in September 2021. That means millions of people will lose support. People in Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the country with the lowest-paying jobs, will be among the first to lose benefits. Folks said the governor s decision means her current weekly check of $491 will go down t Twti Democrats Set Fund-Raising Record
House health care legislation expected within days is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help seniors and disabled people stay out of nursing homes, senior Democrats say.The voluntary program would begin to close a gap in the social safety net overlooked in the broader health care debate, but it must overcome objections from insurance companies that sell long-term care coverage and from fiscal conservatives. I m pretty confident that i stanley cup t will be in there, Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., a leading sponsor, said of the provision. More than 10 mil vaso stanley lion people currently need long-term care services, a number that s only expected to grow as the baby boom generation ages. But most families whose elders can no longer care for themselves have to scrape to find a solution.CBSNews Special Report: Health Care The cost of nursing homes averages $70,000 a year, and a home care attendant runs about $29 an hour. Medicare only covers temporary nursing home stays. Middle-class households have to go through their savings before an elder can qualify for nursing home coverage through Medicaid.The new proposal is called the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, or CLASS Act, and passing it was a top priority for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. The Obama administration also has stanley cup said it should be part of health care overhaul legislation.In return for modest monthly premiums while they are working, people wou
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During Tuesday night s episode of th stanley cup becher e late-night talk show Busy Tonight, host Busy Philipps spoke candidly about her opposition to Georgia s new, controversial abortion law, which would prohibit an abortion after about six weeks. During the emotional message, the star spoke to why the issue is so important to her mdash; because she had an abortion as a teen. I know that people feel very strongly about abortion, but let me just say this: Women and their doctors are in the best position to make informed decisions about what is best for them, said the actress to the camera. Nobody else, nobody, said the star as the crowd erupted into cheers.Philipps then said that these types of legislation won t stop people from making the incredibly personal choice, but they will put more women at risk. The statistic is that one in four women will have an abortion before age 45. That statistic sometimes surprises people, and maybe you re sitting there thinking, I don t know a woman who would have an abortion, she said. Well, you know me. The star explained that she had the procedure when she was 1 stanley cups uk 5 years old, and she is telling stanley cup her viewers about the experience because she is, genuinely really scared for women and girls all over this country. As she became visibly emotional, Philipps told the audience in the studio and at home that she thinks women should be talking more and sharing their stories more. Then Philipps changed the s Yccj Clinton Tactic Shift: More Q amp; A
Politico s Ben Smith reportsthat he was attending the Building Trades Legislative Conference this morning, and House Minority Leader John Boehner R-Ohio addressed the group.Boehne stanley thermoskannen r broughtup Iraq, and he said that if we weren t fighting the terrorists there, we d be fighting them in the streets of America. It s a line that Boehner and otherGOP congressional leaders have used over and over again during the last several years.But this time, it produced a h caneca stanley uge, noisy wave of boos and catcalls, and Boehner had to stop his speech. He tried the line again, was booed again, and then union officials gaveled the crowd to silence and Boehner said, I appreciate the dialogue, and moved on. ponent--type-reci stanley cups uk rculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c839f366-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c839f366-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c839f366-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;
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Economist and former Obamacare adviser Jonathan Gruber, who was captured in a 2013 video saying that Obamacare had passed, in part, because of the stupidity of the American voter, will testify before a congressional panel on Dec. 9 along with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California sent out a tweet about their testimony Tuesday. Both Johnathan Gruber and CMS Admin Tavenner have agreed to testify at @GOPoversightrsquo Dec. 9th hearing on Obamacare http://t.co/koJJODhE6imdash; Darrell Issa @DarrellIssa November 25, 2014 Gruber advised the Obama administ vaso stanley ration on structuring the health care law, although when his comments attracted attention earlier this month, the president referred to him as some adviser who never worked on our staff, and Nancy Pelosi said, I don t know who he is. Why GOP anger over Jonathan Gruber s Obamacare comments is justifiedNew video surfaces with controversial Obamacare consultantSince that initial stupidity comment, more video of Gruber has emerged, including one in which he criticized any state that opposed Medicaid expansion--and the federal cash inf stanley cup usion that comes with it--as stanley cup awesome in its evilness. He said that those states were willing to sacrifice billions of dollars in injections into their economy in order to punish poor people. MIT professor s c Nxzp Mukasey: No Prosecutions In Hiring Scandal
CBS News President Barack Obama has questioned presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney s economic credentials, saying that while his tenure at private equity firm Bain Capital doesn t disqualify him from running for president, it won t necessarily translate into job growth for Americans. CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose sat down Thursday with the president and first lady Michelle Obama in the blue room of the White House for a wide-ranging and exclusive interview. When some people question why I would c stanley mug hallenge his Bain record, the point I ve made there in the past is, if you re a head of a large private equity firm or hedge fund, your job is to make money, Mr. Obama said. It s not to create jobs. It s not even to create a successful business - it s to make sure that you re maximizing returns for your investor. Now that s appropriate. That s part of the American way. That s part of the system. But that doesn t necessarily make you qualified to think about the economy as a whole, because as president, my job is to think about the workers. My job is to think about communities, where jobs have been outsourced. Mr. Obama also spoke about what he thinks is the biggest mistake of his first ter stanley thermos m: putting policy ahead of presenting a clear explanation of his plans to the American people. Rose s full report will air on CBS Sunday Morni stanley cups ng this weekend, with more on Monday s CTM. Obama reflects on his biggest mistake as president
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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS stanley cup continued its consolidation of power on the Iraq-Syria border over the weekend, but U.S. officials and experts warn that the Sunni Islamic militants may not end its quest for power even if it takes over Iraq. The group s name also translates to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a swath of land across the Middle East that includes Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Israel - and that s exactly where the militants may be headed. One of the looming concerns was that ISIS may capture the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, although CBS News National Security Analyst and former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell said that the blitzkrieg toward the capital stanley water bottle has all but stopped. I think they re now on a different focus than they were when they were heading towards Baghdad, he said on CBS News Face the Nation Sunday. That new focus could be Iraq s other neighbors in the region. Mike Rogers: Terrorist safe haven being established in Iraq, Syria 04:42 stanley thermos mug ISIS militants seize more territory in Iraq, take key border station 02:44 Once an offshoot o Tkun GOP hits McCaskill over use of private plane
Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart will host the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on Saturday on the National Mall CBS According to a permit reported by the Christian Science Monitor, the tentative schedule for Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on Saturday includes musical acts like the Roots, Sheryl Crow and gospel singer Mavis Staples and actor Sam Waterston, best known from the show Law Order. Not present on the schedule, however, are any political figures. Stewart has insisted that the event is not political, but the Democratic National Committee is caneca stanley among the groups organizing events in conjunction with the rally. Comedy Central has yet to release a schedule publicly for the event, but the plan it released to the National Park Service revealed the tentative schedule.Here s a look at the schedule, via the Monitor. Note that additional guests are planned:10:00 a.m.: The pre-pre-show begins with videos and music on a jumbotron Noon: The pre-show starts with a performance from The Roots.12:40: A comedian to be determined warms up the audience.12:57: A video countdown with a show int stanley travel mug roduction.1:00: The show kicks off with the national anthem by a musi stanley cups uk cal guest to be announced .1:05: Jon Stewart welcomes the crowd1:20: Mr. Colbert enters, and two actors - Don Novello and Sam Water
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Kweisi Mfume, the former president of the NAACP, has entered the race to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Congressman Elijah Cummings.Mfume announced his candidacy on Monday at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore. He said Cummings death spurred him into action. A month ago, I would have never imagined that I would be before you this afternoon in this capacity, Mfume said in a speech posted on his Facebook page. Today we re here without Elijah, but his memory and his spirit to fight on is alive and flourishing, it is out of that unpredictable reality that I stand before you. Cummings died October 17 at the age of 68. He won his seat in Congress after it was vacated by Mfume, who resigned to lead the NAACP.Mfume was f stanley mug irst elected to political office in 1978 when he won a seat on the city council in Baltimore, where he was born and raised. He later serve stanley cup d five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Former NAACP President and CEO Kweisi Mfume speaks at a news conference on what would have been the 129th birthday of prominent Pan-Africanism movement advocate Marcus Garvey at the National Press Club August 17, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong / Getty Images Candidates have until November 20 to enter the special stanley cup election, which will be held April 28 mdash; the same day as Maryland s presidential prima Qvgz In New Hampshire, GOP Race Is Fluid
Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu said Thursday she will block a Senate vote to confirm the nominee to a key White House economic office to protest the six-month moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in the Gulf.Landrieu, a Democrat, sai stanley italia d she will object to a vote on Jacob Lew to head the Office of Management and Budget until the administration lifts or significantly modifies the moratorium imposed last May after the BP oil spill. I cannot support further action on Mr. Lew s nomination to be a key economic advisor to the president until I am convinced that the president and his administration understand the detrimental impacts that the actual and de facto moratoria continue to have on the Gulf Coast, she said in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Lew, who also served as OMB chief during the Clinton administration, was approved by the Senate Budget Committee Thursday on a 22-1 vote and appeared headed for easy confirmation by the full Senate. Pre stanley thermoskannen sident Barack Obama nominated him in July after former OMB director Peter Orszag resigned.But under Senate rules, one senator can object to a nominee or a bill advancing to the Senate floor. It takes 60 votes to overcome such an objection. Landrieu has been a vocal critic of the moratorium, saying it is costing the Gulf Coast tens of thousands of jobs.A federal report released at a Senate hearing l stanley isolierkanne ast week said the moratorium likely caused a temporary loss of 8,000 to 12,000
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President Obama on Thursday charged that lawmakers in Congress are too focused on ginning up a base before the midterm elections, but he pleaded with a town hall audience gathered in a park in Minneapolis to resist the urge to grow cynical. It must feel like sometimes you re just forgotten by Washington, Mr. Obama said, with congressman pursuing Washington fights. They re fabricated issues, phony scandals, he said. It s not on the level, and that must feel frustrating. It makes people cynical, and it makes people turned off from the idea that anything can get done. The president didn t mention anything specifically, but the White House has been highly critical of the Republican-led House s insistence that the stanley cup misconduct at the IRS may have been politically motivated. The White House also criticized the la stanley vaso wsuit that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, plans to file against the president for overstepping his executive authority. Boehner has yet to say what specific presidential actions he plans to challenge. The administration has also, in the wake of GOP attack stanley cupe s, defended its handling of the recently-captured Benghazi suspect.Obama to visit Minn. mom who wrote him a letter Obama: Support for working families is not a partisan issue We ve got a party on the other side whose only rationale, motivation seems to be opposing me, Mr. Obama said Thursday. Despite all that, we re making progress. The presiden Gmnt Oklahoma facing abortion-related restroom signs controversy
In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.The legislation has no chance of passing and serves as a symbolic parting shot not only at Bush but also at Democratic leaders. Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has made cle stanley canada ar that she will not entertain proposals to sanction Bush and has warned the liberal wing of her party against making political hay of impeachment.McKinney, a Democrat who drew national headlines in March when she struck a Capitol police officer, has long insisted that Bush was never legitimately elected. In introducing her legislation in stanley isolierkanne the final hours of the current Congress, she said Bush had violated his oath of office to defend the Constitution and the nation s laws. In the bill, she accused Bush of misleading Congress on the war in Iraq and violating privacy laws with his domestic spying program.McKinney has made no secret o stanley cups uk f her frustration with Democratic leaders since voters ousted her from office in the Democratic primary this summer. In a speech Monday at George Washington University, she accused party leaders of kowtowing to Republicans on the war in Iraq and on military mistreatment of prisoners. McKinney, who has not discussed her future plans, has increasingly embraced her image as a controversial figure.She has hosted numerous panels on Sept. 11 conspiracy theories and suggested that B
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BERLINmdash; U.S. Sen. John McCain is urging President Donald Trump to nominate a team of senior officials at the State Department to back up new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke Saturday during an event in Brussels. He pointed to confusion over whether Tillerson would attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. He does now plan to be there.McCain said one aspect of that was that Tillerson doesnrsquo;t have a team there at the State Department. And I think itrsquo incumbent for the president and the administration to get people nominated and confirmed. The Arizona Republican added during a news conference at the German Marshall Fundrsquo Brussels Forum that he expected that would be a rapid process. More from CBS News Kennedy could be on short list for HHS secretary, Trump allies say stanley vaso Trump s 2nd term could bring deportations, tariffs, stanley cups uk Jan. 6 pardons and more stanley water bottle Fed Chair Powell says he won t resign if T Voez Sen. Ben Sasse is sole finalist to be University of Florida s next president
Amid rising gas prices, President Obama said at a press conference Friday that the United States is prepared to tap the significant stockp stanley thermos mug ile of oil that we have in the strategic petroleum reserve. Obama later decline stanley drink bottle d to specify the price or supply levels that would trigger the release of the strategic oil reserve. He said the reserve was meant to address a severe disruption in supply similar to the one that hit the United States in the 1970s. There is no such disruption today, he said, though there is a great deal of uncertainty in the oil markets due to uncertainty in the Middle East.The message, he said, was this: We are confident about our ability to fill any potential gaps in supply. If we see significant disruptions or shifts in the market that are so disconcerting to people that we think a strategic might be appropriate than we ll take that step, the president said, adding that we have it teed up and it would thus take days, not weeks, to tap the reserve.Mr. Obama s comments appeared designed to calm world oil markets amid skittishness surrounding the wave of protest in the Middle East and North Africa, including pro stanley mug tests against the Saudi government. We re going to do what we need to do...to make sure that oil supplies remain stable and that economic growth is going to continue, the president added. Gas prices are near $4 per gallon in many areas, and the average across the country has gone above $3.50 per gal
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In a slight shift in his position, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush suggested Monday that he might be open to some form of legal protection for gay couples that stops short of the right to marry. We live in a democracy, and regardless of our disagreements, we have to respect the rule of law. I hope that we can show resp stanley cup ect for the good people on all sides of the gay and lesbian marriage issue -- including couples making lifetime commitments to each other who are seeking greater legal protections and those of us who believe marriage is a sacrament and want to safeguard religious liberty, Bush said in a statement, according to the New York Times.Same-sex marriages in Florida are about to become legal. The courts have ruled the state s ban stanley thermos unconstitutional and ceremonies are set to begin Tuesday, although a judge ruled that couples in Miami-Dade County could begin getting licenses on Monday. Federal court upholds same-sex marriage bans in four states 00:26 Bush s comments on same-sex marriage were the most liberal from him stanley website on the issue yet. Even as recently as this past weekend, he seemed reluctant to accept the court s mandate that marriages begin. It ought be a local decision. I mean, a state decision, he told the Miami Herald Sunday. The state decided. The people of Hwes Pure Horserace: A National Caucus
CBS Noting that he didn t ask for this responsibility, New York Gov. David Paterson this afternoon named 42-year-old upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to the Senate seat vacated by Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton. I believe I have found the best candidate to become the next United States Senator from New York, Paterson said, lauding Gillibrand as a dynamic and articulate lawmaker. In accepting the appointment, Gillibrand lauded the work of her predecessor Clinton. She noted that she is not well known to many New Yorkers and vowed to work hard for everyone in the state over the next two years. The announcement ends a stanley cup period of wild speculation and recriminations involving Caroline Kennedy, who announced her interest in the seat but ultimately pulled out, and stanley termosky resulted in embarrassment and criticism for both Kennedy and Paterson. Gillibrand, who has earned the backing of the National Rifle Association, is a centrist Democrat whose positions have angered some liberal Democrats. Word that she would be selected for the seat prompted an announcement from Long Island Rep. and gun control activist Carolyn McCarthy that she will run against Gillibrand in the 2010 Democratic primary. Paterson was reportedly drawn to Gillibrand for her ability to make bold political moves. Also working in Gillibrand s favor is the fact that she is a woman, hai garrafa stanley ls from upstate, and is a strong fundraiser who should be able to raise the money she needs
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The White House s trade policies are a big problem for the Federal Reserve, as Chairman Jerome Powell outlined in a speech on Friday.Powell offered no clear guidance on future interest-rate cuts in his remarks to a gathering of central bankers stanley cup in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. But he pointed to evidence of weakening global economic growth, suggesting that uncertainty stemming from the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China is contributing to the slowdown. We have much experience in addressing typical macroeconomic developments, Powell said. stanley cups But fitting trade policy uncertainty into this framework is a new challenge. Setting trade policy is the business of Congress and the Administration, not that of the Fed. Although monetary policy is a powerful tool that works to support consumer spending, business investment and public confidence, it cannot provide a settled rulebook for international trade, he added.While unemployment and inflation in the U.S. both remain low, the domestic economy is also slowing down after a growth spurt las stanley mugs t year, Powell said. At the same time, other major economies, including Europe and China, are slowing. Economists worry Trump s trade war with China could slow economic growth 02:24 President Donald Trump has repeatedly lashed ou Aobh Pence: I knew Flynn lied to me about Russian contacts when he was fired
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama was marking Monday night s start of Passover with a private Seder at the White House.Obama started the tradition as a presidential candidate in 2008 when he joined Jewish staffers celebrating on the campaign trail. He s continued it every year since with a small group of aides and friends. He told Israelis during a visit last week he wanted the tradition at the White House so his daughters could experience it.This year, the first family planned to use a stanley drink bottle Seder plate Obama picked up on his visit. The plate was a gift to first lady Michelle Obama from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s wife, Sara. The Seder is the feast starting the Passover, when stanley kaffeebecher Jewish people celebrate liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. stanley spain ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-680f0b40-a757-11e2-a3f0-029118418759, right-rail-recirc-item--id-680f0b40-a757-11e2-a3f0-029118418759 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-680f0b40-a757-11e2-a3f0-029118418759 ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;
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A few past and present Republican presidential candidates will get to spend some quality time together this weekend.New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, both seeking the 2016 nomination, are marching in the Wolfeboro Fourth of July parade on Saturday in the key primary state of New Hampshire.The tiny town typically has some political star power at its Independence Day parade, since 2012 GOP candidate Mitt Romney has a lake house in Wolfeboro. Ahead of this Saturday s parade, R stanley tumbler omney has invited the Christie and Rubio families to spend the night at the lake house.Campaign run-ins on the July 4th parade routeChristie said Friday that he plans to talk to Romney about whatever he wants to talk about. It was great of him to reach out and contact me and say, You re gonna be up here, stay with us, he said. stanley cups uk I m confident there will be some politics discussed tonight, but there ll be lots of other things talked about, too. Mitt and Ann, as I ve said many, many times are friends of ours, and we ve been friends for a lot of years. He noted that Romney went to New Jersey and endorsed his gubernatorial race in 2009 amid a competitive primary. Christie was also a prominent surrogate for Romney during his presidential campaign in 2012 and deliv stanley cups uk ered the keynote address at Romney s nomination that year. This time around, although Romney weighed a third presidential bid, he ultimately decided against it, ceding the rac Toho Joe Kennedy III stumps for Elizabeth Warren as he mulls Senate bid
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A new book claims that General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon was so worried about a coup attempt during the 2020 presidential election that top brass drew up contingency plans to stop a power grab by formerPresident Trump.As the former president pushed his narrati stanley cup ve about a stolen election, the nation s top military officer worried Mr. Trump or his supporters could attempt a coup, Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker write in the forthcoming book, I Alone Can Fix It. They may try, but they re not going to f---ing succeed, Milley is quoted as saying. You can t do this without the military. You can t do this without the CIA and the FBI. We re the guys with the guns. On Thursday, Mr. Trump fired back at the news, calling the claims so ridiculous. If I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is General Mark Milley, he added. The authors say Milley also drew parallels between Mr. Trump s claims of election fraud and Adolf Hitler s rhetoric in Nazi Germany. He told aides: This is a Reichstag moment. hellip;The gospel of the Fuuml;hrer, according to the book.The authors also say Milley told s stanley cups taffers that listening to the president was like reading George Orwell s stanley uk dystopian novel 1984 : Lies are truth. Division is unity. Evil is good. At an event Thursday, Milley appeared to joke about the potential impact his alleged comments Ndvh Federal investigators deploy to Maui to assist with fire probe
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer D-Md. outlined a busy week for the House on Wednesday,saying the chamberwill take upa long-delayed war supplemental on Thursday a stanley cup nd may get to controversial electronic surveillance legislation on Friday, if it s ready to go. Hoyer said he has been locked in a three corner discussion with the House and Senate leaders and the White House on the path forward for the bill to provide roughly $165 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.On Wednesday, Hoyer said the House version of the supplemental will include an extension of unemployment benefits, an expansion of veteran s education benefits anda taxincrease on wealthy couples to cover the $52 billion cost of the veterans benefits expansion. However, the fate of all three of tho starbucks stanley cup se initiatives in the Senate remains unclear. Hoyer acknowledged this, saying it may be the case, when asked if the bill would continue to ping-pong between the two chambers. We are pretty close to a resolution, Hoyer said. Democratic leaders have set a target deadline of July 4th to complete work on a bill that the president will sign.Hoyer also said the bill would include funding to help victims of recent flo stanley becher oding in the Midwest.On the controversial issue of an update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Hoyer repeated his long-held claim that negotiators are very close to a deal. He said the newest compromisewouldaccommodate the protectio
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Washington mdash; The Senate crossed its first hurdle Tuesday night as it seeks to pass a stopgap spending measure to stave off another government shutdown ahead of a fast-approaching deadline at the end of the we stanley becher ek.In a 68-13 vote, stanley france the upper chamber advanced a bill that will serve as the vehicle for the stopgap measure, known as a continuing resolution. It wouldextend government funding deadlinesto March 1 and March 8 to give both chambers time to approve longer-term funding. The focus of this week will be to pass this extension as quickly as we can, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Tuesday. Schumer said the vote will put the Senate on track to pass the continuing resolution before Friday. If both sides continue to work in good faith, I m hopeful that we can wrap up work on stanley cup the CR no later than Thursday, he said. The key to finishing our work this week will be bipartisan cooperation in both chambers. You can t pass these bills without support from Republicans and Democrats in both the House and the Senate. The shutdown deadlines Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 9, 2024. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Absent a continuing resolution, the federal government will partially shutdown when funding runs out on Friday for some agencies. Fun Jarf Ben Sasse officially resigns from Senate to become University of Florida president
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