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Jose Garcia's JournalCongresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon carjacked in Philadelphia's FDR Park
Source: WPVI
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was the victim of a carjacking in South Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon.
Police say it happened around 2:45 p.m. on the 1900 block of Pattison Avenue in FDR Park after a tour including members of Congress.
Scanlon was walking to her parked vehicle and was approached by two men driving a dark-colored SUV.
Both men, who were armed, demanded the keys to her vehicle, police say.
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If everything in BBB is so popular,
why not break it up so that each program is in an individual bill? Then bring up each bill for a vote.
Sinema pops Democrats' filibuster trial balloon on voting rights
Source: Politico
Kyrsten Sinema supports the elections reform bill that Democrats are considering a year-end push to pass. She doesn't support a shortcut around the filibuster to get it done.
The Arizona moderate is making clear that she intends to keep protecting the Senates 60-vote requirement on most legislation and she isnt ready to entertain changing rules to pass sweeping elections or voting legislation with a simple majority. Her Democratic colleagues have been discussing those revisions as they weigh dropping their focus on President Joe Bidens $1.7 trillion climate and social spending bill and pivoting to voting rights, though its not clear that avenue will be any more successful.
In a statement to POLITICO, a spokesperson said that Sinema continues to support the Senate's 60-vote threshold, to protect the country from repeated radical reversals in federal policy which would cement uncertainty, deepen divisions, and further erode Americans confidence in our government. Since joining the Senate in 2019, Sinemas been a fierce defender of the filibuster and warned that reversing it could lead to terrible outcomes for Democrats down the line.
Sinema continues to support the Freedom to Vote Act, which was negotiated with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), as well as the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, even as she raises questions about how to pass those bills in an evenly divided Senate. Democratic senators have mostly focused on lobbying Manchin to try and sway him to pass elections legislation with a simple majority, but Sinema isnt there yet either.
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Cuomo Is Ordered to Forfeit Earnings From $5.1 Million Book Deal
Source: New York Times
ALBANY, N.Y. Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was ordered to turn over roughly $5.1 million in proceeds from his 2020 pandemic memoir within 30 days, after a state ethics board found that he had run afoul of state ethics laws.
The board, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, directed Mr. Cuomo on Tuesday to relinquish the money to the state attorney generals office, and authorized the office to enforce the collection.
Mr. Cuomo has vowed to fight the resolution, which owing to its unique circumstance would seem to have little precedent, in court. JCOPEs actions today are unconstitutional, exceed its own authority and appear to be driven by political interests rather than the facts and the law, said Jim McGuire, a lawyer for Mr. Cuomo. Should they seek to enforce this action, well see them in court.
The order, which is sure to set up a protracted legal fight, could be complicated by the fact that Mr. Cuomo already donated $500,000 of the books proceeds to charity, and placed another $1 million in a trust for his daughters.
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Gov. Whitmer says President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate a 'problem,' report says
Source: Detroit Free Press
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in her strongest public remarks to date about President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for employers, said Monday that the requirement is "a problem" for her and state government, according to a published report.
The Daily News in Greenville reported Whitmer as telling business leaders in Montcalm County that she had the same concerns as some of them that the mandate, if enforced, could lead to workers, including those in state government, walking off the job.
"Were an employer too, the state of Michigan is," Whitmer was reported as saying. "I know if that mandate happens, were going to lose state employees. Thats why I havent proposed a mandate at the state level. Some states have. We have not, were waiting to see what happens in court."
Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.freep.com/amp/6423638001
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