Democrats move to advance sweeping election reform bill that faces long odds of Senate passage
Senate Democrats aim to advance the For the People Act, a sweeping elections reform bill that will influence registration, voting, campaign finance and congressional redistricting
The Senate Rules Committee held a hearing on the legislation, during which Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called it necessary to combat restrictive voting laws and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell cast it as a power grab
If the panel advances the plan to the full Senate, it faces long odds of passage
U.S. official says Covid booster shots will also be free to the public
Covid-19 booster shots will be free to the public if they are needed to control the ongoing pandemic, David Kessler, chief science officer of the White House Covid-19 response team, told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday
“We do have the funds to purchase the next round and to assure if there are boosters that they are free just as the last round,” Kessler said at a Senate hearing
If booster shots are deemed necessary by federal health officials, seniors and people with underlying conditions would likely be the first to have access to them, as they did during the first round of vaccines
Uber and Lyft will offer free rides to vaccination sites in White House partnership
Uber and Lyft will offer free rides to vaccination sites until July 4 as part of a new White House partnership, the Biden administration announced Tuesday
The White House said the initiative would launch within the next two weeks
The Biden administration said the program should help to reach the president’s goal of vaccinating 70% of U.S. adults with at least one shot by Independence Day
As Biden leads infrastructure talks, odds of a bipartisan deal look bleak
President Joe Biden is holding high-profile meetings this week with a bipartisan group of senators whose input could shape the outlines of any final bill
Right now, there are no visible areas of overlap between the Democratic and Republican infrastructure funding plans
In the House, rank-and-file Democrats question whether their Republican colleagues really want a bipartisan compromise
Biden urges employers to boost wages but warns workers they’ll lose unemployment pay if they reject jobs
President Joe Biden said his administration will distribute more coronavirus relief funds as it aims to help companies hire more workers
While he urged companies to boost wages and make workplaces safe to entice workers, Biden also said people who do not take an offer for a “suitable job” would lose unemployment benefits unless they have a specific coronavirus-related concern
Job growth slowed in April, and Biden disputed the notion that a $300 per week enhanced unemployment benefit deterred Americans from taking jobs
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