Розділ: Повідомлення
Senate Republicans Poised to Block US Voting Rights Bill
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are expected to block the advancement of a major voting rights bill Tuesday.
The Senate top’s Democrat, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, set a procedural vote for the so-called For the People Act, but with 60 votes required to advance the bill for debate and Republicans opposing the measure in the evenly split 100-member chamber, the bill as it stands is set to stall.
There are ongoing efforts to put forth a revised version, led by Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat. His proposed changes include adding a national voter ID requirement and cutting a public campaign financing provision from the original version.
The Democratic push for election reform comes as Republican-controlled legislatures in many states enact new restrictions following the 2020 election that saw President Donald Trump repeatedly make false claims of election fraud.
The Senate bill, which passed the Democrat-majority House of Representatives in March, would make it easier for people to register to vote, require states to hold at least 15 days of early voting, allow people to cast absentee ballots without giving a reason, and put the redrawing of congressional districts in the hands of nonpartisan commissions and not state legislatures.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said the bill is an attempt by Democrats to “rig the rules of American elections permanently” in their favor.
“Ever since Democrats got the election outcome they wanted last fall, we’ve watched our colleagues update the rationale for their partisan power-grab: states must be stopped from exercising control over their own election laws,” McConnell said Monday.
Schumer said Monday that voting rights are “under assault from one end of the country to the other,” and that the Republican-led efforts in the various states are an attempt to give Republicans “a partisan advantage at the polls by making it harder for Democratic-leaning voters to vote.” He urged Senate Republicans to allow debate on the voting rights bill.
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By Polityk | 06/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Ляшко анонсував появу в «Дії» цифрового кабінету пацієнта
Коли саме у додатку з’явиться ця функція, Ляшко не уточнив, але висловив сподівання, що нею можна буде скористатися уже восени цього року
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By Gromada | 06/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У найближчі дні спека в Києві сприятиме накопиченню шкідливих домішок у повітрі – метеорологи
За прогнозами синоптиків, завтра у Києві без опадів, температура повітря вдень 32-34°.
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By Gromada | 06/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Senate Republicans Set to Block US Voting Rights Bill
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are expected to block the advancement of a major voting rights bill Tuesday.
The Senate top’s Democrat, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, set a procedural vote for the so-called For the People Act, but with 60 votes required to advance the bill for debate and Republicans opposing the measure in the evenly split 100-member chamber, the bill as it stands is set to stall.
There are ongoing efforts to put forth a revised version, led by Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat. His proposed changes include adding a national voter ID requirement and cutting a public campaign financing provision from the original version.
The Democratic push for election reform comes as Republican-controlled legislatures in many states enact new restrictions following the 2020 election that saw President Donald Trump repeatedly make false claims of election fraud.
The Senate bill, which passed the Democrat-majority House of Representatives in March, would make it easier for people to register to vote, require states to hold at least 15 days of early voting, allow people to cast absentee ballots without giving a reason, and put the redrawing of congressional districts in the hands of nonpartisan commissions and not state legislatures.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said the bill is an attempt by Democrats to “rig the rules of American elections permanently” in their favor.
“Ever since Democrats got the election outcome they wanted last fall, we’ve watched our colleagues update the rationale for their partisan power-grab: states must be stopped from exercising control over their own election laws,” McConnell said Monday.
Schumer said Monday that voting rights are “under assault from one end of the country to the other,” and that the Republican-led efforts in the various states are an attempt to give Republicans “a partisan advantage at the polls by making it harder for Democratic-leaning voters to vote.” He urged Senate Republicans to allow debate on the voting rights bill.
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By Polityk | 06/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Бойовики, які загинули напередодні, підірвалися на власних мінах – штаб ООС
Гібридні сили Росії звинуватили Україну в обстрілі санітарного автомобіля на Донбасі. В штабі ООС кажуть, що бойовики підірвалися на власних мінах
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By Gromada | 06/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Три пункти перетину кордону з Польщею відновлять роботу – Держприкордонслужба
Польські прикордонники повідомили ДПСУ про готовність відновити роботу пунктів зі свого боку
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By Gromada | 06/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Україна та Британія домовилися про спільне будівництво кораблів та баз для українських ВМС
Меморандум передбачає спільне проєктування та будівництво військових кораблів в Україні та Великій Британії, реконструкцію українських суднобудівних підприємств і будівництво двох баз ВМС України
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By Gromada | 06/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Запоріжжі підписали кримськотатарський прапор, який запустять над окупованим Кримом
Акція приурочена до 30-річчя відновлення діяльності Курултаю кримськотатарського народу
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By Gromada | 06/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
New Yorkers to Cast Votes in Mayoral Primary
This Tuesday, local voters will cast their ballots in a primary election on the path to selecting the next mayor of New York. Some experts call the country’s biggest city and its financial capital a bellwether, despite the city’s overwhelmingly liberal lean. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.
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By Polityk | 06/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Бойовики за добу двічі порушили режим тиші, втрат серед українських військових немає – штаб ООС
На Луганщині безпілотний літальний апарат бойовиків перетнув лінію розмежування
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By Gromada | 06/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Коронавірус у кримському «Артеку»: кількість хворих дітей зросла до 12 – директор
«Артек» працює в штатному режимі, на зміні в таборі наразі близько 2,5 тисячі дітей
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By Gromada | 06/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Спікер розповів, коли Рада відкриє кулуари для журналістів
Доступ журналістів до кулуарів Верховної Ради закрили в березні минулого року з початком карантину
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By VilneSlovo | 06/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Свобода слова
Проїзд із Києва в напрямку Борисполя обмежать з 23 червня через ремонт
Рух у два боки буде здійснюватися по проїзду у напрямку Києва, повідомили в аеропорту
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By Gromada | 06/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
11 US Mayors Say They are Committed to Paying Reparations for Slavery
Eleven U.S. mayors said Friday they are committed to paying reparations for slavery but gave few details on how they would accomplish the task.The group, led by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, announced a coalition to pursue reparations, Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity (MORE).“Our coalition stands on the belief that cities can — and should — act as laboratories for bold ideas that can be transformative for racial and economic justice on a larger scale,” the group said on its website.It said the 11 cities would create local commissions comprised of representatives from Black-led organizations that would determine how to implement the reparations. Questions that would need to be decided include who would qualify for reparations, how much money would be spent and who would pay for the reparations.The mayors said on their website that city programs would vary in “style and scope” but would “serve as high-profile demonstrations for how the country can more quickly move from conversation to actions” on the issue.They noted that the conversation “has hardly moved beyond theory since the end of the Civil War.”Garcetti said during a news conference Friday that “cities will never have the funds to pay for reparations on our own,” according to the Associated Press.“When we have the laboratories of cities show that there is much more to embrace than to fear, we know that we can inspire national action as well,” Garcetti said.The other mayors involved in the coalition are from St. Louis, Missouri; Tullahassee, Oklahoma; Providence, Rhode Island; Austin, Texas; Durham, North Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina; Kansas City, Missouri, Sacramento, California, and St. Paul, Minnesota.The formation of the coalition comes as the nation marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. President Joe Biden signed a bill this week creating a federal holiday on Juneteenth — June 19.
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By Polityk | 06/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
У Києві провели в останню путь хореографа Григорія Чапкіса (фоторепортаж)
Про себе Чапкіс говорив, що «танцювати та ходити навчився одночасно»
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By Gromada | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Дніпрі підписали кримськотатарський прапор, який запустять над окупованим Кримом
Акція зібрала десятки людей. Вони лишали слова підтримки на прапорі різними мовами
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By Gromada | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
З початку літа кількість потопельників в Україні перевищила пів сотні – рятувальники
«Моторошна статистика, що свідчить про байдуже ставлення громадян до питань власної безпеки», кажуть в ДСНС
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By Gromada | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Мінсоцполітики анонсували «нові стимули» для працевлаштування людей з інвалідністю
Мінсоцполітики також розпочало підготовку програми «Рука допомоги» для осіб з інвалідністю, які хочуть заснувати власний бізнес
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By Gromada | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
US Supreme Court Again Rejects a Health Care Law Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court for the third time rejected a challenge to the country’s chief health insurance law that provides millions of Americans with coverage to help pay their medical costs.The court, in a 7-2 decision, dismissed on Thursday a bid by 18 Republican-led states and the administration of former President Donald Trump to upend the 2010 Affordable Care Act.It was the signature legislative achievement of former President Barack Obama, Trump’s immediate predecessor, and is popularly known in the U.S. as Obamacare.The country’s highest court also rejected challenges to the law in 2012 and 2015, with all three decisions keeping in place such politically popular provisions as allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ insurance policies until they turn 26 and ensuring coverage for patients with preexisting health conditions. As originally approved by Congress, the law required people to pay a penalty if they chose to not buy health insurance. But Congress in 2017 set that penalty — the so-called individual mandate — at zero.Republican state attorneys general, and the Trump administration, contended that removing the penalty provision made the whole law unconstitutional.The court did not consider the validity of the claims made against the law but ruled that the states opposed to it did not have legal standing to make the challenge.The majority decision was written by liberal Justice Stephen Breyer and joined by two of the three conservative justices appointed to the court by Trump — Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The third Trump appointee, Neil Gorsuch, joined Justice Samuel Alito in dissent.President Joe Biden has said he will attempt to add provisions to the Affordable Care Act, which was approved when he was Obama’s vice president.
Biden called the decision “a victory for more than 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions and millions more who were in immediate danger of losing their health care in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra praised the Supreme Court decision, saying it was “a victory for all Americans, especially people with a preexisting condition or anyone who was worried they could be forced to choose between their health and making ends meet. Health care should be a right — not a privilege — just for the healthy and wealthy.”
In a separate decision Thursday on religious rights, the court ruled that the eastern city of Philadelphia was wrong to terminate a foster care services contract with Catholic Social Services, which refuses to work with same-sex couples because of its religious beliefs.
All nine justices agreed with the outcome, but Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a majority of six that Philadelphia violated the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of free exercise of religion in ending the contract with the Catholic organization.
Roberts said the organization only sought “an accommodation that will allow it to continue serving the children of Philadelphia in a manner consistent with its religious beliefs; it does not seek to impose those beliefs on anyone else.”
“The refusal of Philadelphia to contract with [Catholic Social Services] for the provision of foster care services unless it agrees to certify same-sex couples as foster parents cannot survive strict scrutiny, and violates the First Amendment to the Constitution,” Roberts wrote.
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By Polityk | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
ЗНО з математики не склали понад 31% абітурієнтів, з англійської – понад 10% – УЦОЯО
15 червня тестуванням з географії завершилася основна сесія зовнішнього незалежного оцінювання, яка тривала з 21 травня
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Мінсоцполітики: субсидії автоматично призначать понад 2,5 млн одержувачів
«Житлові субсидії отримають всі, хто їх дійсно потребує», – додали в міністерстві
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
US House Votes to End 2002 Iraq War Authorization
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would repeal the authorization of use of military force in Iraq that has been in effect since 2002. Supporters of the measure say the repeal is necessary to restrict presidential war powers.The 268-161 House vote came one day after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his support of the legislation, saying it would prevent acts of “military adventurism” like President Donald Trump’s authorization of a 2020 aerial attack on a Baghdad airport.
Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in the attack.
“The Iraq War has been over for nearly a decade,” Schumer said. “The authorization passed in 2002 is no longer necessary in 2021.”
Schumer said he planned a Senate vote on the repeal measure later this year, while the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said it would consider it at a meeting next week.
The White House said in a statement Monday it supported the legislation and emphasized that current military operations do not rely on the 2002 authorization.
Republican Congressman Michael McCaul indicated he would oppose the House bill. The lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee agreed reform “is needed” but added that a serious effort would have included talks with national security leaders and a new strategy to tackle the evolving war on terrorism.
The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the authority to declare war. That power has shifted to the president, however, as Congress approved “forever war” AUMFs (Authorization for Use of Military Force), which have not expired.
Examples include the 2002 Iraqi war and the fight against al-Qaida and affiliates after the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
Some legislators say the 2001 resolution to combat terrorism that was approved after the September 11 attacks, should also be reassessed.
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By Polityk | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law Again
The U.S. Supreme Court for the third time on Thursday upheld the legality of the country’s chief health insurance law that provides millions of Americans with coverage to help pay their medical costs. The court, in a 7-to-2 decision, rejected a bid by 18 Republican-led states and the administration of former President Donald Trump to upend the 2010 Affordable Care Act. It was the signature legislative achievement of former President Barack Obama, Trump’s immediate predecessor, and is popularly known in the U.S. as Obamacare. The country’s highest court had also rejected legal challenges in 2012 and 2015, with all three decisions keeping in place such politically popular provisions as allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ insurance policies until they turn 26 and ensuring coverage for patients with preexisting health conditions. As originally approved by Congress, the law required people to pay a penalty if they chose to not buy health insurance. But Congress in 2017 set that penalty — the so-called individual mandate — at zero. Republican state attorneys general, and the Trump administration, contended that removing the penalty provision made the whole law unconstitutional. The court did not consider the validity of the claims made against the law but ruled that the states opposed to it did not have legal standing to make the challenge. The majority decision was written by liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, and joined by two of the three conservative justices appointed to the court by Trump, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The third Trump appointee, Neil Gorsuch, joined Justice Samuel Alito in dissent. President Joe Biden has said he will attempt to add on provisions to the Affordable Care Act, which was approved when he was Obama’s vice president. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra praised the Supreme Court decision, saying it was “a victory for all Americans, especially people with a pre-existing condition or anyone who was worried they could be forced to choose between their health and making ends meet. Health care should be a right — not a privilege — just for the healthy and wealthy.”
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By Polityk | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Українці майже 7 млн разів перетнули кордон із країнами ЄС з березня 2020 року – ДПСУ
До COVID-19, в аналогічний період 2018-2019 року, ДПСУ фіксувала майже 23 мільйона перетинів кордону
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Майже 19 тисяч сімей отримали запрошення для дітей до дитсадків столиці – КМДА
У столиці популярна практика, коли батьки стають у чергу в дитсадок відразу після народження дитини
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
«Укрзалізниця» повідомила про додаткові поїзди до Одеси на святкові вихідні
Раніше повідомлялося, що у червні в українців буде на два вихідні дні більше через Трійцю (20 червня) і День Конституції (28 червня), які є державними святами
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
