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President Biden Joe Biden Hoyer: House will vote on COVID-19 relief bill Friday Pence huddles with senior members of Republican Study Committee Powell pushes back on GOP inflation fears MORE on Tuesday engaged in a roundtable with four Black essential workers from across the country in which he outlined the major features of his sprawling $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that he’s hoping to pass in the coming weeks. The head of the president’s Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice Susan Rice Biden, Rice hold roundtable with Black essential workers The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Lawmakers investigate Jan. 6 security failures Watch live: Biden holds roundtable with Black essential workers MORE , moderated the discussion. Communities of color have been hit the hardest by COVID-19, with the pandemic highlighting stark health and economic disparities. ADVERTISEMENT In particular, Black Americans make up roughly 12 … [Read more...] about Biden, Rice hold roundtable with Black essential workers

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday is slated to approve an extra $5 per hour in hazard pay for grocery store workers citywide due to the health risks they face during the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency ordinance would require all grocery store chains in the city with at least 300 or more employees nationwide to pay their employees an extra $5 per hour until L.A. County drops down to the yellow and lowest tier of the state’s coronavirus recovery roadmap. Currently, L.A. County is in the purple and highest tier, which categorizes the virus as widespread. The hazard pay ordinance would remain in place even if L.A. County drops down to red and orange tiers. This comes one day after the L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved a similar $5 ordinance for all unincorporated areas that will remain in effect through at least the next 120 days. Several Southland cities have already approved similar hero pay ordinances, including Long Beach , … [Read more...] about LA City Council Set To Approve $5 Hazard Pay For Grocery Store Workers

COACHELLA (CBSLA) – The Riverside County city of Coachella became the first in the nation this week to give its farm workers a temporary “hero pay” hike for the risks associated with the nature of their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coachella City Council Wednesday approved a $4 per hour pay increase for workers in agriculture, along with those who work at grocery stores, restaurants and drug store chains. A farmworker wears a face mask while harvesting curly mustard in a field on Feb. 10, 2021 in Ventura County. (Getty Images) Those who work in those sectors face “magnified risks of catching or spreading the COVID-19 disease because the nature of their work involves close contact with the public,” the ordinance read . The pay increase will last for at least 120 days. Several cities across the Southland have adopted $4 per hour hazard pay laws for grocery and drug store workers in recent weeks. They include the cities of Long Beach , Montebello and … [Read more...] about City Of Coachella Approves $4 Hero Pay For Farm Workers

The last widespread amnesty, signed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1986, invited a surge of immigration to the United States, allowed terrorists to stay in the country, and inflated fraud, according to a new study. This month, President Joe Biden unveiled the details of his amnesty plan which would legalize the roughly 11 million to 22 million illegal aliens currently in the U.S., fly deported illegal aliens back to the country to receive amnesty, and increase legal immigration levels, among other things. A study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) suggests Biden’s amnesty would result in the same issues past amnesties have spurred: Increasing immigration, displacing American workers, and adding to national security concerns. “You don’t need to be Albert Einstein to figure out that the massive amnesty the Biden administration is proposing will not produce any results other than those we have seen with past amnesties—only exponentially larger and … [Read more...] about Study: 1986 Reagan Amnesty Invited a Surge of Immigration, Terrorism, Fraud

Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin Joseph (Joe) Manchin Hoyer: House will vote on COVID-19 relief bill Friday Haaland courts moderates during tense Senate confirmation hearing Democrats in standoff over minimum wage MORE (D-W.Va.) is the most pivotal vote in the evenly divided Senate, and his power could spark prolonged intraparty feuds among Democrats. Concerned about simmering friction, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck Schumer Congress holds candlelight vigil for American lives lost to COVID-19 The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Lawmakers investigate Jan. 6 security failures Senate confirms Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador MORE (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday strongly urged his Democratic caucus to unify around a pending $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. Manchin appears to have derailed President Biden Joe Biden Hoyer: House will vote on COVID-19 relief bill Friday Pence huddles with senior members of … [Read more...] about Manchin flexes muscle in 50-50 Senate