Republican senators said they want to move quickly on legislation to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong despite a threat of retaliation from China. bgovgo.com/XcL6y1x
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- Members of the Electoral College meet today to officially elect Joe Biden, a moment some GOP lawmakers have targeted as the end of President Trump’s attempts to overturn results as far as they’re concerned. Here's what you need to know in Washington 👇 bgovgo.com/wpWDUQw
- BREAKING: The U.S. House votes to increase pandemic relief payments to $2,000 for individuals from $600 after President Trump demanded the change in a surprise turnabout last week.
- NEW: Alex Padilla, Jon Ossoff, and Raphael Warnock were sworn in as U.S. senators by VP Harris shortly after the Senate was called into session. bgovgo.com/auG7pjS
- The Duchess of Sussex has been an outspoken advocate for federal paid family leave laws in the U.S. bgovgo.com/ju5kRUV
- Replying to @BGOVIs voting by mail safe? There is little evidence to support claims by Trump and others that vote-by-mail is rife with fraud. For example, in Oregon, which has mailed more than 100 million ballots to voters since 2000, there have been only about a dozen documented cases of fraud.
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs flying helicopter combat missions in the Iraq war, is waging a new fight: pressing authorities to deliver on a three-decades-old promise to make transit stations accessible to all. bgovgo.com/tJfLK3d
- Montana defies voting trends and often splits tickets with its votes for the upper house. Here's a look at the state's heated race between Senator Steve Daines and Governor Steve Bullock 👇 bgovgo.com/amHKFQm
- House Republicans are broadening their scrutiny of the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement by demanding a sit-down with a senior official who oversees deportations. bgovgo.com/YYrfohv
- JetBlue is the first company to end a pause in PAC contributions following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and disclose giving to one of the GOP lawmakers objecting to the Electoral College vote count. bgovgo.com/Q1ZKx4S
- Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost has defeated his challenger for a Florida US House seat, making him the first member of Generation Z to win a seat in Congress.
- BREAKING: Voters OK Florida amendment that restores voting rights to felons not convicted of murder or a sexual offense after completing their sentences.
- Heaps of sandstone and marble from the US Capitol East Front built in the early 19th century have sat in Washington D.C.’s Rock Creek Park for nearly 50 years. Now, they're quietly going away.
- Out: The Mississippi flag bearing the Confederate battle emblem. In: A new flag with a white magnolia blossom and the motto “In God We Trust.” bgovgo.com/QpaxnnS
