Senate Republicans are pushing forward with a funding package to avoid another government shutdown, while Democrats are blocking the current DHS funding bill and calling for an overhaul of ICE and CBP to protect public safety.
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Lawmakers return to Springfield as projected budget deficit looms
Illinois lawmakers are facing a $3.2 billion budget deficit for the fiscal year that begins July 1, with Democrats and Republicans disagreeing on how to address it, with Republicans calling for spending cuts and Democrats defending the state’s spending priorities.
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Senate Republicans Again Shoot Down John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Named after the late Congressman John Lewis, the Georgia Democrat who spent his life fighting for civil and equal rights, the bill has overwhelming public support. Because of the Jim Crow-inspired filibuster rule, Democrats need the party’s 50 Senators and at least 10 Republicans to pass the measure.
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NNPA Meets with President’s Advisor
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The director noted that he was in the capitol on January 6 and understands how close the country came to experiencing a coup in this country. He noted that the President is vocally advocating, and his administration is pushing the restoration of voting rights. An act to address the issue is now sitting in the Senate.
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All Eyes on Sens. Manchin and Sinema as President Biden Declares ‘A Meteor is Headed for our Economy’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With President Joe Biden intimating a change to the archaic and racist Senate rule that requires 60 votes to pass legislation, the two public holdouts may have symbolically been pleading the fifth. But lawmakers cannot continue to ignore the dire consequences facing Democrats – and the nation.
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House of Representatives Passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “For too long, we have endured the pain of watching or seeing the deaths of people of color, particularly Black men and women, at the hands of rogue police officers who operate with impunity and take it upon themselves to be the arbiters of life and death,” Congresswoman Maxine Waters declared. “The trauma that our communities feel is only made worse by the ways in which we are forced to reckon with the reality that Black people are over 3.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white people, and Black teenagers are 21 times more likely to be killed by police than white teenagers.”
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Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley to Object to Electoral College Votes
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is the first senator to announce plans to object to the results, which is significant because both a House member and senator are required to mount an objection when Congress counts the Electoral College votes on January 6,” CNN reported.
