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David Sirota, founder of the Daily Poster, says that President Biden Joe Biden Biden 'disappointed' in Senate parliamentarian ruling but 'respects' decision Taylor Swift celebrates House passage of Equality Act Donald Trump Jr. calls Bruce Springsteen's dropped charges 'liberal privilege' MORE has a “long, 40-year love affair” with student debt. Sirota joined Hill TV’s “Rising” on Friday to discuss why Biden is against eliminating up to $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower, as many progressives have demanded. Biden said during an CNN town hall earlier this month that he would be OK with forgiving $10,000 per borrower. “Joe Biden and student debt is a long, 40-year love affair between Joe Biden and the institution of student debt,” Sirota said. “Joe Biden is not a particularly ideological politician, but one thing he absolutely, 100 percent does believe in is the institution of student debt.” Sirota noted that Biden has previously advocated … [Read more...] about David Sirota says Biden has ‘long, 40-year love affair’ with student loan debt

close Video Gaetz slams Cuomo, GOP establishment at CPAC Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., delivers rousing speech against political critics In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Friday, one of the state's most prominent congressmen, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Pensacola slammed the Republican establishment and the apparent alliance between Big Tech , the mainstream media and major Democrats. Gaetz slammed what he called "lockdown governors" in Democrat -run states who, in contrast to the Sunshine State, continue to keep their individuals and businesses under strict social and economic restrictions. "How about freedom for young and healthy people," he said at the conference, which is streaming live on Fox Nation . "How about we ditch the lockdown governors -- Cuomo, Newsom and Murphy, and never ditch the American way of life and the American spirit." "When big government fuses with Big Tech, government will … [Read more...] about Gaetz blasts Cuomo at CPAC: Establishment considers him ‘a cross between King David and Tom Brady’

The House on Thursday passed the Equality Act, a sweeping civil rights bill that expands protections in education, housing, employment and more to LGBT people. The bill would also prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in credit, jury service and public accommodations. Rep. David Cicilline David Cicilline House passes sweeping protections for LGBTQ people The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - J&J A-OK, Tanden in Trouble Six ways to visualize a divided America MORE (D-R.I.) reintroduced the legislation, which passed the House in 2019 but never moved in the Senate. The bill, which passed the House on Thursday by a vote of 224-206, faces an uphill battle in the upper chamber, where GOP support is needed to reach the 60-vote threshold. ADVERTISEMENT GOP Reps. Tom Reed Tom Reed Taylor Swift celebrates House passage of Equality Act Here are the three GOP lawmakers who voted for the Equality Act … [Read more...] about House passes sweeping protections for LGBTQ people

Presented by Facebook To view past editions of The Hill's 12:30 Report, click here: http://bit.ly/1M1mIfw To receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/1Tt4hqN --> A midday take on what's happening in politics and how to have a sense of humor about it. The Hill’s 12:30 Report: J&J A-OK | Tanden in Trouble | DeJoy of Grilling | Granholm nomination hits floor | Dems try to make GOP leadership toxic | The 6 coolest charts you need to see today NEWS OF THE MORNING The Johnson & Johnson game-changer: Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine is effective at preventing moderate to severe cases of COVID-19, according to data published this morning by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in a breakthrough that we all need right now. The data show the vaccine is 85 percent effective at preventing severe cases, and no one involved in the trial who got the shot was hospitalized. The … [Read more...] about The Hill’s 12:30 Report – Presented by Facebook – J&J A-OK, Tanden in Trouble

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) compared the “stigma” of supporting people with AIDS to that of supporting transgender people in a virtual Human Rights Campaign conference with Representative David Cicilline (D-RI) to promote the newly passed Equality Act. Pelosi said it was her “purpose” when she first arrived in Congress to bring attention to the AIDS epidemic. “So I said it [on the house floor] because it was my purpose.” She continued, “But what it told me was that there were, or some, not those people [San Franciscans] exactly, but a stigma to all of this [AIDS].” She said it taught her, “we have to get community-based research for prevention and care, we have to fight the discrimination of it all.” “There are so many people on the outside fighting the fight, and in doing so being a model for others to fight their fight,” Pelosi said. “This goes to David’s earlier point that we believe we can get this [ Equality Act ] done in the Senate one way or another,” she … [Read more...] about WATCH: Nancy Pelosi Compares the ‘Stigma’ of AIDS to Transgenderism