Coronavirus Special Report: Former DHS head Tom Ridge on secure voting and the pandemic

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell

Posted June 24, 2020 at 6:25pm

In this episode, we bring you the latest on health policy news and why Tom Ridge, who is also a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania, has joined a bipartisan effort to secure voting in November.

Show Notes:

USCIS informs 13,000 federal employees of potential furloughs without emergency funding
Local advocacy groups still pushing for higher census response
Senate GOP policing bill stalls as Democrats block it on floor, attention swerves to House
Del. Norton continues push to change name of DC’s football team
Trump wanted him ousted from GOP, but Massie coasts in primary

Bipartisan stopgap spending bill inches forward in Senate

Rep. Max Miller, seen here on Capitol Hill in June, posted a video over the weekend denying domestic violence allegations.

As Max Miller allegations intensify, Republicans keep their distance

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters on June 23 in the Capitol. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Thune doesn’t guarantee NIL bill votes this week even with SEC, Big Ten backing

President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs a Senate Republican caucus lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24, flanked, from left, by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

Trump heads west as Senate eyes pre-midterm recess

Del. Stacey Plaskett, here at the 2024 Congressional Baseball Game in Washington, is the Democratic nominee for governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Plaskett, Moylan advance in territorial primary elections

After investigating Rep. Chuck Edwards, the Ethics panel on Monday released its recommendation.

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