Dems say minimum wage meeting went … surprisingly well!
Manchin seemed steadfast about $11 an hour, per attendee, but Sinema suggested that if the wage was raised to $11 now and aggressively indexed, wouldn't be far off $15 by 2024@marianne_levinehttps://t.co/C81q9iIkVn
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) March 23, 2021
Category: Bidenville
It’s time!
it's infrastructure week!
no, seriously…https://t.co/vr7UzFhpMU— Greg Dworkin (@DemFromCT) March 22, 2021
Go bigger, Joe
Gonna have to see how this plays out. I might actually get a decent credit rating someday. https://t.co/xuJZ9Gh3TM
— MaryD Mangansis OfThers (@MaryD88117464) March 19, 2021
Not too shabby, indeed
https://twitter.com/Neil_Irwin/status/1372247505291857921
How about that?
New: President Biden says on ABC he wants the Senate to bring back the talking filibuster — the first time he’s endorsed reform: “It’s getting to the point where democracy is having a hard time functioning.”
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) March 17, 2021
In 2013, Senate Dem used the nuclear option on the filibuster because the GOP refused to advance judicial and cabinet appointments. In 2017 McConnell nuked the filibuster to get three conservative Supreme Court judges.
The Senate is already scorched earth. Kill the filibuster.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 16, 2021
Fmr. Senate Majority Leader Reid calls for killing the filibuster: "The country's better off having a real democracy, not a fake democracy. 60% is not a real democracy." https://t.co/PYGHq7x44b
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 17, 2021
An important step
And what a great symbol, to name her Secretary of the Interior. I get chills:
BREAKING: The Senate has confirmed Deb Haaland to lead the Interior Department, making her the first Native American cabinet secretary in U.S. history.https://t.co/GLn4KQsrVG
— NPR (@NPR) March 15, 2021
Yesterday was quite a day
Breaking News: Judge Merrick Garland was confirmed as attorney general, 70-30, with 20 Republican senators supporting the former Supreme Court nominee. https://t.co/UhYSMmCTvb pic.twitter.com/d3oI1vL7SX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 10, 2021
Done
And Biden will sign it Friday:
BREAKING: House passes $1.9T Covid relief bill that includes $1,400 checks, $300/wk jobless benefits, child allowance of up to $3,600 for one year, $125B for K-12 schools, $30B for public transit, $25B for rental assistance, $14B for vaccine distribution. https://t.co/wE4cLtFdAK pic.twitter.com/gm8DrDG05w
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 10, 2021
YA’LL!!!!!!!!
✅ $1400 checks to 158 million households
✅ Unemployment extended thru August for 11 million people
✅ $39 billion for childcare providers
✅ 66 million kids benefiting from the child tax credit
✅EITC expanded to 17 million workersThis is so big!!! Proud! pic.twitter.com/I9f4Gq2cm6
— Adrienne Watson (@Watson_Adrienne) March 10, 2021
NEW: American Airlines is telling 13,000 workers who received notices of April 1 furloughs "you can tear them up!" House passage of $1.9 trillion stimulus bill extends airline Payroll Support Program once again. pic.twitter.com/a23SkVfhwd
— Pete Muntean (@petemuntean) March 10, 2021
JUST IN: The Dow soars to record high, marking its first-ever finish above 32,000 points.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) March 10, 2021
Merrick time
Biden’s Justice Dept. already has split from Trump. Merrick Garland will go even further. – The Washington Post https://t.co/9CNMhvTsBN
— ☮️💚💛💙💖Ian Nash Desroche self-parody (@IndivCincy) March 9, 2021
Prescription for what ails us
https://twitter.com/B52Malmet/status/1369049288194527232