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Jan 23, 2021
On his first full day in office, President Biden signed several executive orders including increasing the number of vaccination sites and requiring masks in most planes, trains and airports.
Jan 23, 2021
On his first full day in office, President Biden signed several executive orders including increasing the number of vaccination sites and requiring masks in most planes, trains and airports.
JANUARY 22, 2021
President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Economy
President Biden talked about his administration’s economic strategy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The president said “We’re in a national emergency; we need to act like we’re in a national emergency.” Following his remarks, the president signed a couple of executive orders to expand food assistance, raise the minimum wage for the federal workforce to $15 an hour, and make eligible for unemployment benefits those who refuse to work due to concerns about their health during the pandemic. When asked whether he supported the request by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to delay until February the impeachment trial of former President Trump, he said he had not yet heard the details, but added, “the more time we have to get up and running and meet these crises, the better.”
President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Economy
President Biden talked about his administration’s economic strategy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The president said “We’re in a national emergency; we need to act like we’re in a national emergency.” Following his remarks, the president signed a couple of executive orders to expand food assistance, raise the minimum wage for the federal workforce to $15 an hour, and make eligible for unemployment benefits those who refuse to work due to concerns about their health during the pandemic. When asked whether he supported the request by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to delay until February the impeachment trial of former President Trump, he said he had not yet heard the details, but added, “the more time we have to get up and running and meet these crises, the better.”
Senate Leaders Strike Deal to Delay Impeachment Trial as Biden Issues Orders to Address Pandemic’s Economic Fallout as Senate
Jan. 23 - President Biden hopes to accelerate the delivery of stimulus checks and lay the groundwork for a $15 minimum wage for federal workers. Former President Donald J. Trump is accused of inciting an insurrection and is the first president in history to face a second impeachment trial, which Senate leaders agreed Friday would begin the week of Feb. 8. source
Jan. 23 - President Biden hopes to accelerate the delivery of stimulus checks and lay the groundwork for a $15 minimum wage for federal workers. Former President Donald J. Trump is accused of inciting an insurrection and is the first president in history to face a second impeachment trial, which Senate leaders agreed Friday would begin the week of Feb. 8. source
Here’s what you need to know:
- The House will transmit its impeachment article on Monday, but Trump’s trial will wait two weeks.
- Biden keeps his focus on the pandemic, with more executive orders planned at delivering aid.
- Lloyd Austin is confirmed, becoming the first Black defense secretary in U.S. history.
- White House orders intelligence agencies to look at violent extremism in the U.S.
- Trump, who spurned legislative achievement for executive action, sees his agenda quickly undone.
- Murkowski rules out switching parties to join Democrats, saying, ‘I can’t be somebody that I’m not.’
- Biden apologizes after some National Guard troops were told to sleep in a parking garage.
- Texas threatens to sue the Biden administration over pause in deportations.
Former President Donald Trump left office on January 20 but still faces an impeachment trial in the US Senate
Trump’s impeachment trial in US Senate to begin next month
Democratic leader uges ‘truth and accountability’ in trial of former president on ‘incitement of insurrection’ charge.
Jan. 23 - The United States Senate will move forward with a second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” next month, a Senate leader said on Friday.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has informed the Senate she will transmit the House’s article of impeachment of Trump to the Senate on Monday.
Pelosi wrote in a letter to colleagues it “will be a momentous and solemn day, as the House sadly transmits the Article of Impeachment for Donald Trump to the Senate.”
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor on Friday, “Make no mistake, a trial will be held in the United States Senate and there will be a vote whether to convict the president.”
“It will be a fair trial. It will be a full trial,” Schumer said.
The House voted 232 to 197 on January 13 to impeach the former president for “incitement of insurrection”. continue to read
Trump’s impeachment trial in US Senate to begin next month
Democratic leader uges ‘truth and accountability’ in trial of former president on ‘incitement of insurrection’ charge.
Jan. 23 - The United States Senate will move forward with a second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” next month, a Senate leader said on Friday.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has informed the Senate she will transmit the House’s article of impeachment of Trump to the Senate on Monday.
Pelosi wrote in a letter to colleagues it “will be a momentous and solemn day, as the House sadly transmits the Article of Impeachment for Donald Trump to the Senate.”
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor on Friday, “Make no mistake, a trial will be held in the United States Senate and there will be a vote whether to convict the president.”
“It will be a fair trial. It will be a full trial,” Schumer said.
The House voted 232 to 197 on January 13 to impeach the former president for “incitement of insurrection”. continue to read
