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the Senate Rules Committee Today holds its first field hearing in two decades, discussing right to vote in Atlanta after Senate Republicans blocked scanning People’s Law last month.

leader of the senatorial minority Mitch mcconnell described the audience as Democrats “Bring their own partisan circus to town”.

Joe biden is about to speak on economy and the bipartite infrastructure plan at 11:30 am local time. CNN reports that the president will use this speech to counter fears that his economic plan will accelerate inflation.

The speech comes with the bipartisan group working on the bipartisan infrastructure plan disagreeing over spending, and as Democrats hope to pass a A human infrastructure bill of $ 3.5 billion by its side – a bill that Republicans already balk at because of its size.

Biden will likely spend time during his remarks touting the more than 3 million new jobs created since taking office and the unprecedented projected growth. But the speech comes

Texas Democrats made headlines when they fled the state for Washington to prevent quorum on a restrictive vote bill called “Jim Crow 2.0“from the left.

Now, however, five of them have since tested positive for Covid-19. All lawmakers have been vaccinated. “When my fellow Democrats at Texas House and I broke the quorum to stop the anti-election legislation, we knew that tactic would come with a real personal sacrifice,” said the state representative of Texas. Trey Martinez Fischer in a report.

However, he noted that he was experiencing “extremely mild symptoms” and was in quarantine until he tested negative.

“Just as these new variants which are sweeping the country are more aggressive than ever, the wave of anti-election legislation in this country is worse than what we have seen for generations, ”said the lawmaker. “Therefore, I will continue the fight for right to vote with every fiber of my being.

“It’s the beauty of being vaccinated,” said representative of the Democratic State of Texas Gene wu. “Everyone who has tested positive so far has little or no symptoms, which is the goal of the vaccine. If nothing else, we want this to be a reminder to all Americans: get your stupid shot now. ”

This week marks six months that Democrats held the majority in the Senate, and it starts with a lot of legislation on common parts of infrastructure legislation this Joe biden hope to pass.

As a reminder: we have the $ 1.2 billion bipartite infrastructure agreement focused on improving the roads, bridges and transit that Democrats have worked with republicans. Then we have the A human infrastructure bill of $ 3.5 billion focused on improving social services and environmental measures.

Republicans were unhappy with the bundling of the two bills after lengthy negotiations over the bipartisan agreement. In particular, they balked at the size of the human infrastructure bill. In an interview with Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, the Republican Senator Lindsey graham said he would advise his fellow Republicans “to learn something from our Democratic friends in Texas when it comes to avoiding a $ 3.5 billion tax and spending package: get out of town “. Graham, of course, is referring to how Texas Democrats thwarted a restrictive voting bill by fleeing the state and preventing a quorum.

But first: the bipartite agreement. The majority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, should drop fencing today on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, in an effort to speed things up so Democrats can then focus on passing the human infrastructure bill.

Closure is essentially the procedure for ending debate and taking a vote. Still, senators from the bipartisan group who proposed the plan spent the weekend trying to fix a $ 100 billion hole that arose after Republicans challenged plans to strengthen enforcement of the plan. ‘IRS, Politico reports.

“How can I vote for closure when the bill is not drafted?” the republican senator Bill Cassidy said on Fox News on Sunday.

Secretary of State Antoine Blink issued a statement on the people from the Republic of China and his “destabilizing and irresponsible behavior in cyberspace. ”

It is with regard to the Microsoft hacking that resulted in the Department of Justice the filing of charges against the four Chinese nationals working for the Ministry of State Security.

“Responsible states do not blindly compromise the security of the global network or knowingly host cybercriminals – let alone sponsor or collaborate with them,” Blinken said. “These hackers cost governments and businesses billions of dollars in stolen intellectual property, ransom payments, and cybersecurity mitigation efforts, while the (Department of State Security) had them on its mind. payroll. “

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the Biden administration joined with allies – including the ME, the UK and Then – accusing Chinese state hacking groups of being behind the exploitation of around 250,000 Microsoft Exchange servers around the world earlier this year.

United States Department of Justice indicted four Chinese nationals working with the ministry of state security of people from the Republic of China with a global IT intrusion campaign targeting intellectual property and confidential business information.

the White House said that “China’s pattern of irresponsible behavior in cyberspace” was “inconsistent with its stated goal of being seen as a responsible leader in the world.”

More to come on this and more from Washington today.

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