Patty Murray, D-Wash., during Friday’s session. “When the house is in flames, you don’t argue about how much of the fire to put out,” said Sen. They say the costs of paring back the rescue risk stalling out the economic recovery, as many believe happened in 2009. Overall, 70% of Americans back the Democratic president’s handling of the virus response, including 44% of Republicans, according to a new pollfrom The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.īiden and Democrats warn that now is not the time to let up on aid, and that it’s better to risk doing too much than too little.
So far, public support for Biden’s approach to the pandemic is high. But new strains of the virus and a still shaky economy could unleash another devastating cycle of infections, lockdowns and deaths.
Americans are experiencing flickers of optimism at the one-year anniversary of the deadly outbreak as more people are vaccinated. It’s a tested strategy but comes at an uncertain, volatile time for the nation.
Reviving a page from their 2009 takedown of President Barack Obama’s costly recovery from the financial crisis, they expect their opposition will pay political rewards, much like the earlier effort contributed to the House Republicans’ rise to power. Senate Republicans prepared Saturday to vote lockstep against the relief bill, taking the calculated political risk that Americans will sour on the big-dollar spending for vaccination distribution, unemployment benefits, money for the states and other outlays as unnecessary, once they learn all the details. WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have one goal for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package: erode public support for the rescue plan by portraying it as too big, too bloated and too much wasteful public spending for a pandemic that’s almost over. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The National Parks Service has gathered an extensive list of resources regarding LGBTQ+ heritage that you can read about here.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. On Jthe Stonewall Inn was designated a national monument. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.” Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. “Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. The next president to acknowledge LGBTQ+ Pride Month was President Barack Obama in Proclamation 8387, where he stated: The year prior, in May of 1998, President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order 13087, prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. I encourage all Americans to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that celebrate our diversity, and to remember throughout the year the gay and lesbian Americans whose many and varied contributions have enriched our national life.” CLINTON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 1999 as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. Thirty years later, in June of 1999, President Bill Clinton issued Proclamation No.