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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blocked two separate attempts from Democratic senators to set up a stand-alone vote on a bill recently passed in the House that would increase direct payments offered under the $900 billion COVID relief bill from $600 to $2,000, rebuffing President Trump request with more Senate Republicans voicing support behind providing most Americans the larger checks.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci for manipulating public perception surrounding COVID-19, calling out the infectious doctor for repeatedly lying to Americans in particular about the effectiveness of wearing a face mask and “distorting” the estimated level of vaccinated American population needed to reach herd immunity.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) traded blows on Twitter with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) over Paycheck Protection Program loans, hitting back on her “Republicanism” criticism and her pompous claim that Black-owned businesses were denied access to such loans amid the coronavirus pandemic, advising the progressive lawmaker that she should “work more” and “tweet less.”
Nike and Coca-Cola are among a number of American retail giants lobbying Congress effortlessly to weaken a proposed legislation aimed at banning importing goods manufactured from a region of China where products are being made through forced labor by minority Muslim groups, according to a report on Sunday.
President-elect Joe Biden tapped Jake Sullivan to serve as White House national security advisor, a former foreign policy advisor under the Obama administration who previously advocated for the United States to “strike a middle course” that supports China’s economic rise as means to improve the two powerful nations relationship and prevent confrontation.
