Democrats made a full-throated push for voting rights legislation on Sunday as the Senate prepares to take up election reform this week, setting the scene for a high stakes battle after two centrist Democrats announced last week that they will not support a rules change to approve voting rights reform amid GOP opposition. The Senate is slated to begin consideration of a House-passed voting rights bill on Tuesday. Republicans are expected to block the bill itself, leading Democrats into uncharted territory where they will be forced to face intra-party differences regarding the legislative filibuster. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck Schumer Romney: I never got a call from White House to discuss voting rights Kyrsten Sinema's courage, Washington hypocrisy and the politics of rage Joe Biden's disastrous 48 hours MORE (D-N.Y.) has vowed to hold a vote on changing the rules to the 60-vote legislative filibuster if Republicans again oppose voting … [Read more...] about Democrats make voting rights push ahead of Senate consideration
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Outpouring of grief as victims of Bronx fire laid to rest
5 NEW YORK (AP) — A Bronx community gathered Sunday to pay its final respects to perished loved ones, a week after a fire filled a high-rise apartment building with thick, suffocating smoke that killed 17 people, including eight children. The mass funeral capped a week of prayers and mourning within a close-knit community hailing from West Africa, most with connections to the tiny country of Gambia. Amid the mourning, there was also frustration and anger as family, friends and neighbors of the dead tried to make sense of the tragedy. “This is a sad situation. But everything comes from God. Tragedies always happen, we just thank Allah that we can all come together," said Haji Dukuray, the uncle of Haja Dukuray, who died with three of her children and her husband. The dead ranged in age from 2 to 50. Entire families were killed, including a family of five. Others would leave behind orphaned children. There were 15 caskets in all … [Read more...] about Outpouring of grief as victims of Bronx fire laid to rest
Bidens pack carrots, apples into boxes during food bank stop
12 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden packed carrots and apples into food boxes for the hungry and chatted with volunteers Sunday at a food bank as part of a day of service for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The couple traveled about a half-hour from their Wilmington, Delaware, residence to Philabundance, a hunger relief organization in Philadelphia which serves about 140,000 people a week in the Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey region. Before heading to the warehouse floor where conveyor belts carried cardboard boxes full of donated food, Biden said the child tax credit needed to be renewed. The traditional day of service is on the holiday, Monday, but there was a bad winter storm heading for the area and events were being rescheduled around the region. The monthly credits were part of Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package — and the president had … [Read more...] about Bidens pack carrots, apples into boxes during food bank stop
Romney: I never got a call from White House to discuss voting rights
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney Democrats make voting rights push ahead of Senate consideration Sunday shows - Voting rights legislation dominates Clyburn says he 'wholeheartedly' endorses Biden's voting rights remarks MORE (Utah) said on Sunday that the Biden administration has not reached out to him to discuss voting rights legislation, as the White House works to pass two key Democrat-backed bills. NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd Charles (Chuck) David Todd Carville advises Democrats to 'quit being a whiny party' Clyburn says he 'wholeheartedly' endorses Biden's voting rights remarks Romney: I never got a call from White House to discuss voting rights MORE questioned Romney on attempts to unify the country, noting that there appears to be only a few Republicans willing to work with the Biden administration, with Romney among them. "Well, actually, there are a lot more than a handful that are willing to … [Read more...] about Romney: I never got a call from White House to discuss voting rights
New Push To Take On Maternal Health Inequities: ‘It’s Time To Put An End To The Maternal Health Crisis’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Healthcare inequities put more Black mothers at risk of death. Now there’s a new push at the federal level to change the trend. As CBS2’s Aundrea Cline-Thomas reports, for emergency physician Dr. Sandra Scott, Black maternal health is personal. Her son was born 15 weeks early. READ MORE: Snow, Ice Blast Through Southern US In Powerful Winter Storm “I was able to get the resources I needed to make decisions I needed to make around my child’s healthcare, but I’m imagining the people who didn’t have those resources,” Scott said. Black babies are more likely than any group to be born premature, and Black mothers are 2.5 times more likely than white mothers, and 3.5 times more likely than Hispanic women to die due to childbirth, despite income levels according to the CDC . As the executive director of the Brookdale Hospital, Scott says new partnerships with community organizations help provide more assistance to mothers, but there are financial … [Read more...] about New Push To Take On Maternal Health Inequities: ‘It’s Time To Put An End To The Maternal Health Crisis’
