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A bill named in honor of the late civil rights icon, Representative John Lewis of Georgia, that would restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965, was introduced by Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, and co-sponsored by 46 other senators.

“It’s time to cancel the cancel culture,” Senator Mike Lee of Utah said in a recent interview.

An amendment to a spending bill that would restore millions of dollars in aid to Palestinians cut by the Trump Administration was proposed by Representative Nita Lowey, and passed by the House Appropriations Committee.

The months of dealing with COVID-19 have served as a glimpse into the daily burden of patients with rapidly progressing terminal diseases like ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), Representative Jeff Fortenberry wrote in an op-ed.

Defunding the police “is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard in my life,” said Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

Senator Roger Wicker said the Federal Aviation Administration has been “stonewalling” senators conducting an investigation into the design and development of the Boeing 737-MAX aircraft that was involved in two deadly crashes before being taken out of service.

Questions have been posed to the Director of National Intelligence by Representative Val Demings and others as to whether the intelligence community has a plan in place to respond to any foreign efforts to exploit racial tensions and if there is evidence that foreign adversaries were already doing so.

House Minority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana said the improvements made in new legislation over the Paycheck Protection Program gives businesses greater flexibility.

A bipartisan group of senators will include the Pacific Defense Initiative in a defense policy bill that “will enhance budgetary transparency and oversight, and focus resources on key military capabilities to deter China.”

A bill to hold China accountable for coronavirus by letting Americans sue the Chinese Communist Party has been introduced by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri.