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Officials scrambled to tighten security after Jan. 6, adding fences around the perimeter of the complex. While those are meant to repel violent intruders, the new metal detectors are different.
From the initial hand sanitizer frenzy to Black Lives Matter to wall-to-wall troops on the Hill after the Jan. 6 attack, it’s been a year that no one in the nation or world will forget.
The House Ethics Committee is considering the appeals of two Republicans who were penalized thousands of dollars for circumventing security screening set up outside the chamber floor after the Jan. 6 attack
Only 6 percent of lawmakers who had COVID-19 are Black, all four of whom are from the House where 13 percent of members are Black.
Several said they had been using popular apps like Uber Eats and Grubhub to order meals, but that changed after a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress on Jan. 6.
The utility of technological tools that Congress was forced to adopt because of the pandemic was only reinforced by the Jan. 6 insurrection, which showed that the work of Congress can be disrupted
Any predictions became more complex on Jan. 6, when the Capitol was overrun by mobs of pro-Trump insurrectionists.
Merrick Garland takes over the Justice Department determined to curb the rise of white supremacist violence after the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol, and the sprawling investigation of that attack
“None of us can state with confidence which candidate won this election,” House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren said after the committee voted 6-3 to postpone its determination on a motion
But they extended the length of the program by about a week, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, and made the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits exempt from federal taxes for those earning up to $150,000.
Four years earlier, he carried the state with 51 percent against Hillary Clinton’s 37 percent, while Libertarian Gary Johnson got 6 percent.
The Homeland panel voted 7-6 along party lines to report Young’s nomination to the floor.
Below, three military personnel take a break in February from their duties guarding the Capitol after the Jan. 6 attack on the building. Troops remain deployed to this day.
One of those bills was a measure from Speaker Nancy Pelosi to award congressional gold medals to the Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department for protecting the Capitol on Jan. 6.
As part of the review of Capitol security after the Jan. 6 attack, retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel L.
— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) March 6, 2021 While Rubio voted against the package, one of his amendments was adopted as part of a 24-hour marathon of amendment votes.
, my initial dose of either a trial vaccine or a placebo (with a two-thirds chance of being the real thing) was actually delayed because of the lockdown of the nation’s capital that followed the Jan. 6
At the same time, more than 60 percent said they sided with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in his charge that Trump bore moral responsibility for provoking the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
The flurry of activity on Friday and Saturday that resulted in trimming added unemployment benefits from $400 to $300 per week, coupled with a one-week extension to Sept. 6, also probably freed up
Schumer brokered deals to reduce federal unemployment insurance payments from the $400 included in the House-passed package to $300 per week through Sep. 6.