He underscores his administration’s work on the vaccine and economic stimulus checks.
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GOP senator calls effort to overturn electoral college vote a ‘dangerous ploy’
Ben Sasse of Nebraska says there is no evidence of fraud so widespread that it could change the results.
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Trump’s $2,000 checks all but dead as McConnell won’t budge
The Senate majority leader says the extra money would go to plenty of American households that just don’t need it.
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Missouri senator to contest Electoral College win for Biden
The move by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley will ensure at least a short delay in cementing the president-elect’s victory.
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Maine People’s Party plans to start enrolling members this week
A new, progressive political party hopes to become a force in state and national politics.
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Sens. Collins and King support upping stimulus checks to $2,000
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a vote Tuesday on House-approved legislation that would raise the payments to most Americans from $600 to $2,000.
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Trump lashes out at his own party after override vote on defense bill
The Senate is expected to consider the measure later this week.
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Senate Republicans block Democratic push for Trump’s $2,000 checks
While denying a vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said ‘the Senate will begin a process’ to bring the president’s demands ‘into focus.’
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Biden blasts Trump’s pandemic response, vows to speed vaccine production
The president-elect warns that Operation Warp Speed is moving at a slower pace than needed and some ‘very tough’ weeks and months are coming.
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House overrides Trump’s veto of defense bill, a 1st in his presidency
Among the president’s complaints was that it ordered the Pentagon to change the names of military installations commemorating Confederate generals.