ArchiveDecember 2020

Incoming congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) said in a statement Monday that she will not be receiving the COVID vaccine offered to members of Congress. “Congress shouldn’t be putting themselves first in line for the COVID-19 vaccination when the average American can’t get it,” Mace wrote in the statement. “For as long as the vaccines are limited, we should prioritize...

A new report found that a majority of LGBTQ households have lost a job since the pandemic began, one of a host of economic problems they’ve faced in the past year. Last week, the Movement Advancement Project, a which provides research on issues of equality, including nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people, released the results from a national poll conducted in July and August. It...

A House committee investigating Donald Trump’s coronavirus response subpoenaed two high-level administration officials on Monday, saying that “efforts to interfere with scientific work at CDC were far more extensive and dangerous than previously known.” “Documents recently obtained by the Subcommittee show that over a period of four months, as coronavirus cases and deaths...

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) on Sunday defended her attacks on opponent Raphael Warnock’s faith, accusing him of “playing the victim” by calling out racism. Loeffler, who was temporarily appointed to a vacant Senate seat last December and will soon face Democrat Warnock in a January special election runoff, was upset that a coalition of Black clergy had spoken out against her...

A top Senate Republican suggested on Sunday that he plans to obstruct the confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominees. But four years ago, he railed against similar delays for Donald Trump’s picks. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) said on “Fox News Sunday” that he hopes Republicans keep control of the Senate so they can make sure Biden’s nominees “run...

Donald Trump’s quest to steal the election from President-elect Joe Biden took a dark and concerning turn over the weekend, when he invited some of the loudest voices calling for the election to be overturned — with some even arguing for military involvement. Trump brought Sidney Powell and his recently pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn to the White House to discuss a...

Georgia Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler filed a lawsuit Thursday asking that the ballots of newly registered voters be reviewed and counted separately from those of other voters. Perdue tweeted a statement about the lawsuit on Friday: “There is too much at stake in these elections for there to be any doubt in the integrity and transparency of their outcomes. Georgians will...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) designated a Democratic colleague to cast votes on his behalf on Friday — something many members of Congress have done this year during the pandemic so the can work remotely and minimize the risk of spreading the virus. Except that Gaetz has spent the year insisting that it shouldn’t be allowed. In a letter to the House clerk, first flagged by Politico, Gaetz claimed...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Friday blocked a bill to include $1,200 direct payments to Americans as part of a new round of coronavirus relief, complaining it’s too expensive and somehow unfair to people. “We are mortgaging our children’s future, without reforms, without targeting,” he said, insisting it was better to deny desperately needed relief to Americans rather than...

Vice President Mike Pence and his wife received the coronavirus vaccine live on camera on Friday in what the Trump administration called an effort to assure Americans of the vaccine’s safety. Meanwhile, Donald Trump spent the past two days slamming elected officials for not overturning the election and retweeting debunked conspiracy theories about coronavirus safety measures. Pence has been...