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“Just like the millions of Americans who voted nationwide and the thousands who organized and voted in Georgia, we are ready to build a more perfect union – one in which all voices are heard, one in which we work together to uplift families in cities, and suburbs, and small towns, and one in which the 712,000 residents of Washington, DC have full access to our nation’s democracy," Bowser said.  … [Read more...] about Senate Democrats reintroduce DC statehood bill

This said, the trends bedeviling Democrats have been in motion for decades and are rooted in America’s most durable political divides. To summarize the party’s predicament: As a result of 19th-century efforts to gerrymander the Senate, the middle of our country is chock full of heavily white, low-population, rural states. This has always been a problem for the party of urban America — by boasting stronger support in rural areas, Republicans have long punched above their weight in the race for control of state governments and the Senate. But for most of the 20th century, this advantage was mitigated by the Democrats’ (1) vestigial support in the post-Confederate South and (2) ability to render local issues more salient than national ones in Senate elections. Over the past two decades, however, urban-rural polarization in U.S. politics has reached unprecedented heights, while the collapse of local journalism and rise of the internet has made all politics national. … [Read more...] about The Democrats’ Civil War Over the Filibuster Has Barely Begun

1:39 p.m. S.F. in “better place” with virus, but don’t let your hair down, Breed says: San Francisco, with its coronavirus infection rate at 261 cases per day, dropping hospitalizations and a transmission rate of less than one per infected person, is “at a better place than we have been for a long time,” Mayor London Breed told reporters Monday. “But we are still in the midst of this pandemic.” Even with the partial reopening that starts Thursday, she said, “We’re going to be living with this for some time, even as we see the numbers decline, even as we reopen.” She added, “This is not an open door for us to let our hair down and do whatever what we want to do. Let’s keep doing what we’ve been doing” to quell the virus transmission. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: Oakland airport debuts vending machines selling test kits

Under the Constitution, states decide how to fill Senate vacancies, and Vermont lets its governor make an interim appointment until an election is set. Easing Democrats' fears, Republican Gov. Phil Scott told reporters Wednesday that if anything happened to Leahy, he would appoint a Democrat to replace him, adding, “We all have an obligation to tone down the partisanship.” … [Read more...] about At 80, Vermont’s Sen. Leahy ready to run impeachment trial

Senate sergeant-at-arms: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellHumanist Report host criticizes 'conservative Democrats:' They 'hold more power' than progressives Dobbs: Republicans lost in 2020 because they 'forgot who was the true leader' Biden's Cabinet gradually confirmed by Senate MORE (R-Ky.) fired Senate sergeant-at-arms Michael Stenger. https://bit.ly/3hSHg2W … [Read more...] about The Hill’s 12:30 Report: GOP feels growing sense of regret