The FBI is digging deeper into the motivations and leadership who may have driven and organized the Jan. 6th insurrectionists . Our national realization of the increasing levels of hate and division in the U.S. has got me thinking about the tightrope walk that President Joe Biden Joe Biden Klain on Manchin's objection to Neera Tanden: He 'doesn't answer to us at the White House' Senators given no timeline on removal of National Guard, Capitol fence Overnight Defense: New Senate Armed Services chairman talks Pentagon policy nominee, Afghanistan, more | Biden reads report on Khashoggi killing | Austin stresses vaccine safety in new video MORE , Vice President Kamala Harris Kamala Harris Emhoff reflects on interracial marriage case: Without this 'I would not be married to Kamala Harris' WHO: Coronavirus deaths down 20 percent worldwide last week Collins: Biden's .9T coronavirus package won't get any Senate GOP votes MORE and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Lloyd Austin Overnight Defense: New Senate Armed Services chairman talks Pentagon policy nominee, Afghanistan, more | Biden reads report on Khashoggi killing | Austin stresses vaccine safety in new video Pentagon chief underscores safety of COVID-19 vaccine amid some service members' refusal Biden to speak with Saudi king 'soon' as pressure builds for Khashoggi report MORE are now traversing. Hate lives on one side of that rope. On the other, our constant and painful efforts toward creating a more fair, equal and diverse nation. This balancing act reminds us of the historic walk of Hank Aaron, a baseball and civil rights giant we recently lost . The young Biden administration can learn from his example. Aaron understood this tightrope better than anyone. Of all his feats, he is best remembered for his historic campaign to best Babe Ruth's record of 714 lifetime home runs. As Aaron biographer Sandy Tolen ...
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Shelby endorses Shalanda Young for OMB director should Biden pull Tanden’s nomination
Sen. Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby On The Money: Senate panels postpone Tanden meetings in negative sign | Biden signs supply chain order after 'positive' meeting with lawmakers Passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is the first step to heal our democracy Shelby endorses Shalanda Young for OMB director should Biden pull Tanden's nomination MORE (R-Ala.), the top Senate GOP appropriator, said this week that he would back Shalanda Young to head up President Biden Joe Biden Klain on Manchin's objection to Neera Tanden: He 'doesn't answer to us at the White House' Senators given no timeline on removal of National Guard, Capitol fence Overnight Defense: New Senate Armed Services chairman talks Pentagon policy nominee, Afghanistan, more | Biden reads report on Khashoggi killing | Austin stresses vaccine safety in new video MORE ’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) if the Senate does not confirm his current nominee, Neera Tanden Neera Tanden Klain on Manchin's objection to Neera Tanden: He 'doesn't answer to us at the White House' On The Money: Senate panels postpone Tanden meetings in negative sign | Biden signs supply chain order after 'positive' meeting with lawmakers Biden's picks face peril in 50-50 Senate MORE . “I believe she would be good in that role," Shelby said in a statement to The Hill on Wednesday. "She’s smart, she knows the process inside-out, and she’s an honest broker who has demonstrated the ability to work with both sides and get things done." "She would have my support, and I suspect many of my Republican colleagues would support her, as well. But that’s up to the Biden administration," he added. ADVERTISEMENT Young, who has served as the House Appropriations Committee’s Democratic staff director since 2017, was nominated last month to be deputy director of OMB. She has emerged as a potential contender to lead the agency as Tanden struggles ...
Murkowski undecided on Tanden as nomination in limbo
Sen. Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann Murkowski Overnight Health Care: Johnson & Johnson vaccine safe, effective in FDA analysis | 3-4 million doses coming next week | White House to send out 25 million masks Biden's picks face peril in 50-50 Senate Murkowski undecided on Tanden as nomination in limbo MORE (R-Alaska) said Wednesday that she hasn't made a decision on Neera Tanden Neera Tanden Klain on Manchin's objection to Neera Tanden: He 'doesn't answer to us at the White House' On The Money: Senate panels postpone Tanden meetings in negative sign | Biden signs supply chain order after 'positive' meeting with lawmakers Biden's picks face peril in 50-50 Senate MORE 's nomination, leaving President Biden Joe Biden Klain on Manchin's objection to Neera Tanden: He 'doesn't answer to us at the White House' Senators given no timeline on removal of National Guard, Capitol fence Overnight Defense: New Senate Armed Services chairman talks Pentagon policy nominee, Afghanistan, more | Biden reads report on Khashoggi killing | Austin stresses vaccine safety in new video MORE 's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) stuck in limbo. "I saw that they pulled her from committee today, so it looks like I've got more time to be thinking about things," Murkowski said, referring to the decision by the Budget and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees to delay votes on her nomination. Murkowski's decision on Tanden is viewed as crucial in the White House's uphill bid to salvage her nomination. ADVERTISEMENT Because Sen. Joe Manchin Joseph (Joe) Manchin Klain on Manchin's objection to Neera Tanden: He 'doesn't answer to us at the White House' Klain says Harris would not overrule parliamentarian on minimum wage increase On The Money: Senate panels postpone Tanden meetings in negative sign | Biden signs supply chain order after 'positive' meeting with lawmakers MORE ...
House Rules release new text of COVID-19 relief bill
The House Rules Committee on Wednesday released new text of the COVID-19 relief bill, adding spending measures that far exceed the $1.9 trillion price tag planned for the bill. The full House is expected to vote on the COVID-19 relief package on Friday, but the bill will need to be changed to hit the $1.9 trillion limit to move through the Senate under special budgetary rules that are being used to avoid a Senate filibuster. T he Rules measure includes spending on foreign aid, tribal assistance and the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology that will raise the price well above $1.9 trillion. Those portions of the bill were excluded from the text approved by the House Budget Committee on Monday because House Democrats did not mark up the relevant portions in committee the previous week, citing scheduling difficulties. ADVERTISEMENT Raquel Spencer, general counsel for the Budget Committee, said the reconciliation instructions given to these three committees totaled about $11.75 billion in spending. The biggest point of contention in the measure is language that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025. It's not clear if that can be included in the package under the requirements for using the special budgetary rules avoiding a Senate filibuster. It's also not clear whether all 50 Democrats in the Senate would support such a measure. Sen. Joe Manchin Joseph (Joe) Manchin Klain on Manchin's objection to Neera Tanden: He 'doesn't answer to us at the White House' Klain says Harris would not overrule parliamentarian on minimum wage increase On The Money: Senate panels postpone Tanden meetings in negative sign | Biden signs supply chain order after 'positive' meeting with lawmakers MORE (D-W.Va.) supports a smaller minimum wage hike, and other reservations have been raised about tipped workers. Republicans oppose the legislation in general, ...
Biden’s Pentagon can exploit China’s population decline
China conducted its seventh national population census in November and December. The results are startling. China’s downward human spiral is accelerating, according to the government’s new numbers . This isn’t just a social and economic problem for China. It threatens the country’s geostrategic position in the long term and international security in the short term. U.S. foreign and defense policymakers should pay close attention to how Beijing responds to the news. Chinese mothers bore fewer babies in 2020 than in any year since 1961. Some provinces reported a 30 percent drop. This, on top of nearly a decade of contraction in working-age Chinese citizens is speeding up the pace of population aging. By 2050, a Chinese government think tank announced , there will be only one worker supporting each dependent old person; today there are two workers supporting each elderly person. By comparison, China’s old-age dependency ratio, a key indicator of future economic stability, has grown twice as fast as that of the United States since 1971. ADVERTISEMENT China’s main state pension fund and urban worker pension fund are projected to run out of money by 2035, according to reports, threatening a humanitarian crisis. Beijing’s response has been too little, too late. In 2015, the Chinese Communist Party announced it would change its draconian one-child-per-family mandate into a two-child policy. Birth rate increases were small and short-lived. The fertility rate continued to fall. The impact of the coronavirus lockdown may have resulted in even fewer births than we know. Figures are expected in April, but birth registration data show a 15 percent decrease. This should be a warning to other regimes who believe they can buy economic growth on the backs of young working couples. Too many countries try to emulate China by chasing some “demographic dividend,” while telling couples to postpone and curtail their desired family life. Population planning is ...
