PLUS: The Senate's Dereliction of Duty
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** Let the Littlest State Lead Us on COVID-19 ([link removed])
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by Tressa Pankovits
With hospital beds filled and field hospitals scrambling to open ([link removed]) , Gov. Gina Raimondo ([link removed]) on Monday ordered Rhode Island to begin a two-week pause ([link removed]) in an attempt to stop out-of-control coronavirus spread in her state. The governor ordered bars, gyms, movie theaters and the like closed — but she is keeping schools open.
Raimondo should be praised for recognizing what too many state and local leaders ignore: Hard data ([link removed]) have proven, and America’s scientists have reached consensus ([link removed]) , that students in classrooms are not significant spreaders of COVID-19.
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** The Senate's Dereliction of Duty: Republicans have the Gall to Call Joe Biden's Pick of Neera Tanden Too Partisan? ([link removed])
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by Will Marshall
When the history of Donald Trump’s sordid presidency is written, the Republican Senate’s grotesque dereliction of duty will merit a long chapter.
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** 'Targeted' Relief Need Not be Stingy When Stimulus is Needed ([link removed])
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by Ben Ritz
After several months of gridlock, lawmakers offered two competing frameworks yesterday for giving the American people another round of much-needed economic relief from the covid pandemic. The first is a $908 billion compromise ([link removed]) with support from 16 members of both parties in the U.S. House and Senate, while the second is a $553 billion partisan proposal from Senate Majority Mitch McConnell.
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** Busting Myths and Taking Gambles ([link removed])
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On the latest Facing the Future ([link removed]) , Concord Coalition Executive Director, Bob Bixby ([link removed]) , Director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s Center for Funding America’s Future, Ben Ritz ([link removed]) , and Brian Riedl ([link removed]) , a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discussed Ritz’ article in Forbes ([link removed]) , titled “How Deficits Could Cripple The Biden Agenda – And How He Can Overcome Them,” and Riedl’s article in the National Review ([link removed]) , titled “Spending, Tax, and Deficit Myths Exposed.”
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