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During the COVID-19 pandemic, you may feel more comfortable casting a remote ballot.
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** On the Radar
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** Senate to Confirm More Federal Judges, House to Return for Anti-Discrimination Votes
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The House is set to return from recess for its first work period in September while the Senate picks up where it left off last week with a slate of district court confirmations.
Leadership from both chambers may make progress off the floor on a short term continuing resolution to fund the government through the election and avoid the prospect of a partial government shutdown at the end of the month.
Tuesday, the House will focus on a bill to increase racial and socioeconomic diversity in schools. Wednesday’s slate includes a bill to restore the right to civil action in disparate impact cases in addition to several suspension bills.
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** Under the Radar
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In August, the U.S. economy continued its recovery from the wave of over 22 million layoffs triggered by coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdowns in the spring, but while the unemployment rate continued to decline, the number of permanent job losses has been rising.
The USAFacts chart below ([link removed]) shows how the unemployment rate was at or near a 50-year low of 3.5% ([link removed]) for much of 2019 ([link removed]) and the first two months of 2020 until the wave of layoffs hit in March and April 2020, at which point it spiked to 14.7% ― its highest level since the Great Depression.
It has steadily declined during the last four months to 8.4% in August, which is less than the 10% peak of unemployment during the Great Recession in October 2009. During that recovery, the unemployment rate didn’t fall below 8.4% until January 2012.
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** And, in the End...
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It's National Coloring Day.
Can't find your crayons? Consider celebrating National Cream-Filled Donut Day instead...
—Josh Herman
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