Plus: House Passes Infrastructure Bill as Democrats Pave Way for Huge Social Spending Package
November 6 2021
Good morning from Washington, where lawmakers and activists on the left scratch their heads over Minneapolis voters’ rejection of deploying social workers to do the work of police officers. But regular Americans get it, Jarrett Stepman writes. In Virginia, an abortion scare didn’t fool voters, Mary Margaret Olohan reports. Plus: a GOP winner’s promise to look into sexual assaults in public schools, and Deroy Murdock translates voters’ message to the Democrats. On this date in 1860, Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th U.S. president, defeating three other candidates and becoming the first Republican to win the White House. Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour Sunday, when daylight saving time ends.
Thirteen Republicans voted for the bill, allowing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to have enough votes to pass the bill, despite six Democrats voting against the package.
A ninth grade girl was sexually assaulted May 28 by a boy wearing a skirt who entered a girls’ bathroom at Loudoun County Public Schools’ Stone Bridge High School.
On Tuesday, voters screamed at Democrats: “No!” to reckless spending, meddlesome bureaucrats, bear hugs for criminals, racial fetishism in classrooms and beyond, soaring energy prices, and much more.
“Each family of illegal aliens could reportedly receive nearly $1 million, for a total potential payout of $1 billion or more from U.S. taxpayers,” 19 GOP lawmakers write to the attorney general.
