Lawmakers are grappling with yet another awful crisis: how to end police brutality and heal racial inequalities. But unlike the novel coronavirus, this problem has plagued the country for a long time.
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The next big coronavirus relief fight in Congress is just around the corner. Marianne and Sarah explain: “After brushing off Democrats’ demands for more relief, Senate Republicans now say the next major coronavirus package is likely to move in the coming weeks. And a key conflict ahead will be over how to help the 40 million Americans out of work.grows worse and more GOP senators call for action. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is already making clear Republicans will not support an extension of the extra unemployment benefits Congress passed in March. GOP lawmakers say the additional aid — which expires at the end of July — provides a disincentive to return to work and some are now proposing alternatives they can rally behind.must extend benefits for the millions struggling to pay bills as the U.S. faces its most uncertain economic climate in generations. Regular unemployment insurance, they note, covers just half of workers’ pay on average. In fact, some top Democrats want to go further.” The story:“Trump Allies Try To Slash COVID Benefits for the Undocumented,” by The Daily Beast’s Scott Bixby:The House isn’t slated to return to Washington until June 30, as committees spend the next month hammering out must-pass bills on spending, Pentagon policy, and water infrastructure. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has released a , cutting almost all previously-scheduled days in June and some in July. But he also warned members to expect “longer days” and “later votes” — possibly starting at 10 a.m. on a Monday and lasting late into a Friday. remains intact. But the House has a massive workload this fall, as Sarah and Heatherlast week, so don’t plan any August vacations just yet . “Throughout the month of June, legislative work in House committees will be our focus, with committees meeting to hold hearings and to mark up and report legislation,” Hoyer wrote in a letter to members. The full letter:TODAY AT 9 a.m. EDT – "INSIDE THE RECOVERY" PART I: PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW WITH WHITE HOUSE DOMESTIC POLICY ADVISER BROOKE ROLLINS. Join Playbook co-authors Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman for a virtual discussion with newly named White House domestic policy adviser Brooke Rollins centered on President Trump’s domestic agenda, the administration strategy for the next coronavirus relief package, and the policy initiatives she believes could gain momentum before the election.House lawmakers are expanding their probe into Trump’s firing of a federal watchdog. The story from Kyle: “Two House committees intend to interview senior State Department officials believed to be witnesses to matters that were being investigated by State Department inspector general Steve Linick before President Donald Trump abruptly fired him earlier this month.chaired by Democratic Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Eliot Engel, respectively, are probing Linick's firing and have emphasized that the watchdog was pursuing investigations related to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when Trump forced him into administrative leave … The committees believe the seven officials played a role in Linick's firing or are fact witnesses to Linick's ongoing investigations when he was sidelined — or both. A State Department spokesperson indicated that officials are weighing the requests for interviews.” More:“Ousted State Inspector General Steve Linick is expected to sit down for a transcribed interview on Wednesday with lawmakers who are probing his firing earlier this month, according to two congressional aides familiar with the inquiry and scheduling,” perRepublicans might be expressing optimism about winning back the House following some recent special election wins, but there are reasons to be skeptical. WaPo explores: “Vulnerable Democratic incumbents havetheir Republican challengers, national GOP groups have yet to show the ability to make up the fundraising gap, and in several key districts, some of the party’s most coveted recruits have opted not to run. Public opinion polls, meanwhile, indicate a Democratic advantage on the congressional ballot in line with what the party enjoyed in 2018, ahead of their sweeping national gains.in fact, have worsened their outlook for House Republicans in recent weeks, arguing that those structural disadvantages, plus national political head winds for Republicans, will limit GOP House gains — and potentially allow for further Democratic pickups. ‘Republicans sincerely believe that 2018 was a high-water mark for Democrats, that it is just not possible that Democrats can improve on their 2018 performance, and I don’t know that that’s true,’ said Nathan L. Gonzales, editor and publisher of Inside Elections.” The latest from Mike DeBonis:“6 things to watch in Tuesday’s primaries,” via Roll Call’s Bridget Bowman, Stephanie Akin, Kate Ackley, and Jessica Wehrman:With a key filing deadline just around the corner, the NYT has a good check in on the state-of-play in the Kansas Senate race. The dispatch from Katie Glueck: “It has been 88 years since Kansas last sent a Democrat to the United States Senate — one of only three Democrats ever to represent the state in the upper chamber. But this year, in a challenging and unstable political environment for Republicans, party leaders are growing fearful that this reliably Republican stronghold will instead become an expensive, high-stakes battleground that could determine the balance of power in Washington.Democrats have largely rallied around Barbara Bollier, a retired anesthesiologist who was until recently a Republican. Republicans, meanwhile, are locked in an intraparty competition that has all of the trappings of a full-out brawl: attack ads, bitter recriminations between the candidates and a party chair who tried to intervene and sparked backlash. At the center of the fireworks is Kris W. Kobach, a hard-line Trump supporter who has been an incendiary presence in Kansas politics for years.” More:The social and economic burden from the pandemic has hit women especially hard. Join Women Rule editorial director Anna Palmer for a virtual interview with Teresa Carlson, vice president of Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services, who will describe how businesses are rapidly pivoting online for survival, how the public sector is adapting to the crisis, and what AWS is doing to help other organizations on the frontlines of Covid-19.
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