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☆ AOC says she was telling Matt Gaetz the Democratic Party would 'absolutely not' rescue Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid when they were spotted chatting on the House floor
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Cheryl Teh | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was spotted chatting with Matt Gaetz on the House floor on Tuesday. "McCarthy was suggesting he could get Dems to walk away to lower his threshold," Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept. Ocasio-Cortez added to Semafor that she told Gosar the same thing she told Gaetz: that her party would not be helping McCarthy out. Rebuking both Gosar and Gaetz, Greene tweeted on Tuesday that "making plans with Democrats is not what any Republican should be doing." Representatives for Gaetz, Gosar, Greene, and Ocasio-Cortez did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

The lawmakers are co-sponsors of the National Development Strategy and Coordination Act. That's why we've joined forces to jumpstart a national project to restore American manufacturing leadership. This committee would be charged with developing a National Development Strategy, recommending investments to improve national security, strengthen domestic manufacturing, create good-paying jobs and develop new technologies. Second, our proposal — the National Development Strategy and Coordination Act — would give this committee the authority to direct the Department of Treasury's Federal Financing Bank to achieve its goals. This would bring overdue strategic coordination to our federal loan system and inject much-needed long-term capital into critical industries.

☆ During Covid, We Ate Comfort Food. We’ve Become a Lot More Adventurous.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Adrienne Cheatham | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Reports: Year in ReviewIs the U.S. Moving On From Free Trade? Industrial Policy Comes Full CircleBy Clyde PrestowitzFree trade was the mantra of economists for decades. The past few years have seen a return to Alexander Hamilton’s way of thinking.

☆ For the First Time, Two Women Will Have Their Signatures on U.S. Currency
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Eric Morath | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew proposed to place a woman on the $10 bill in 2015, with Alexander Hamilton taking a diminished role. That change never went into place. The musical “Hamilton” opened on Broadway that year, which renewed the first Treasury secretary’s place in popular culture. Ms. Yellen said the Treasury plans to design a $20 bill that replaces former President Andrew Jackson with a portrait of Harriet Tubman. T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty

☆ Trump's day of reckoning is overdue. Garland's special counsel move adds to the delay.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Michael Conway | Michael Conway Was Counsel For The House Judiciary Committee In The Impeachment Inquiry Of President Richard Nixon In In That Role | He Assisted In Drafting The Committee'S Final Report To The House In Support Of The Three Articles Of Impeachment Adopted The Committee. Conway Is A Graduate Of Yale Law School | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate former President Donald Trump is a miscalculation, with the main problem being timing. Despite assurances from Garland that a special counsel will not bog down the investigation, reality suggests otherwise. Not to mention that past practice demonstrates that the Justice Department has regularly shown that anyone can be held accountable — without resorting to a special counsel. No special counsel was used. I believe Trump’s day of reckoning is long overdue, and Garland’s overly cautious decision to appoint a special counsel may continue postponing that day.

☆ Alzheimer's disease, retirement 'pacts,' and serving until you're 104 years old: Inside the federal judiciary's reckoning with age
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Camila Dechalus | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

She was nearly two decades older than the median age — 68 — for all federal judges, according to an Insider analysis. More than a century later, in the 1920s, future Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes argued for a mandatory retirement age. In 1954, the Senate passed a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that'd require retirement at age 75 for federal judges. A recent poll by Insider and Morning Consult found that 71% of 2,210 respondents said the federal judiciary should have a mandatory retirement age. For Scheindlin, the former federal judge in Manhattan, Weinstein was an example of an older judge who was "terrific to his last day."

☆ Justices join debate on Supreme Court's legitimacy after abortion ruling
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | Lawrence Hurley Covers The Supreme Court For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Chief Justice John Roberts, one of the court’s six conservatives, pushed back against some of the criticism in a recent public appearance, saying people should not question the court’s legitimacy just because they disagree with its rulings. It is important that the public think the justices are reaching decisions in good faith based on the law, Girgis said. Sotomayor said at an event in California on Thursday that “there’s going to be some question about the court’s legitimacy” if people think the justices are acting based on politics, according to a Courthouse News Service report. But I don’t understand the connection between opinions people disagree with and the legitimacy of the court,” he said. Conversely, in 1954, Southern states resisted enforcing the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which ended segregation in public schools.

☆ Why it's time to start paying with $2 bills
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

So wouldn't it make more sense to start paying with $2 bills instead? BEP doesn't have to request new $2 bills each year, like it does for other bills. Bad luckThe United States first issued $2 bills beginning in 1862, around the time the federal government first started printing paper money. It's also more efficient to print $2 bills than $1 bills because the Treasury can print twice as much for the same amount of money and requires less storage. In short, he concludes, $2 bills are underappreciated in the United States and a way for strangers to meet and engage.

☆ (foto) Prima zi de mandat a lui Joe Biden. Care sunt modificările biroului Oval pe care le-a recordat noul președinte al SUA
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

(foto) Prima zi de mandat a lui Joe Biden. Care sunt modificările biroului Oval pe care le-a recordat noul președinte al SUABiroul Oval de la Casa Albă, locul de muncă al celui mai puternic om din lume, a fost deja redecorat după gusturile lui Joe Biden. Fotografia a fost făcută în prima zi de mandat a lui Joe Biden, când proaspătul președinte semna deja primele ordine executive (5). O caracteristică definitorie pentru Biroul Oval a rămas însă aceeași: Biden a ales să folosească biroul Resolute (6), numit așa fiindcă a fost construit din lemn al navei de explorare HMS Resolute. Biroul Resolute este un birou masiv din stejar, strâns asociat cu președinții Statelor Unite, datorită plasării sale proeminente în biroul oval.

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☆ Cele mai importante modificări făcute de Biden în Biroul Oval, în prima zi de mandat
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Cele mai importante modificări făcute de Biden în Biroul Oval, în prima zi de mandatBiroul Oval de la Casa Albă, locul de muncă al celui mai puternic om din lume, a fost deja redecorat după gusturile noului ocupant, Joe Biden. Biroul preşedintelui a fost umplut cu portrete şi busturi ale unora dintre cei mai reprezentativi şi influenţi lideri ai istoriei americane. O caracteristică definitorie pentru Biroul Oval a rămas însă aceeaşi: Biden a ales să folosească biroul Resolute (6), numit aşa fiindcă a fost construit din lemn al navei de explorare HMS Resolute. Biroul Resolute este un birou masiv din stejar, strâns asociat cu preşedinţii Statelor Unite, datorită plasării sale proeminente în biroul oval. Biroul a ajuns la Casa Albă în noiembrie 1880, ca un cadou al reginei britanice Victoria.

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