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The Biden-Harris Immediate priorities

President Biden will deliver bold action and immediate relief for American families as the country grapples with converging crises. This will include actions to control the COVID-19 pandemic, provide economic relief, tackle climate change, and advance racial equity and civil rights, as well as immediate actions to reform our immigration system and restore America’s standing in the world. 
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Marijuana, Guns, TikTok: Hundreds of new laws effect July 1, here's what you need to know - USAToday.com
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More than 200 laws took effect in Florida on Saturday, including several related to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' crusade against "woke ideology" in education.
One law is dubbed by critics as the "don't say period" bill because it could prohibit teaching of the menstrual cycle before the sixth grade, according to the Florida lawmaker who authored the bill.
Some students may begin their period at the age of nine or while they are in the third grade

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No-Show Republicans Shun NGA

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Once-vital forum for common ground among state leaders has fallen prey to polarization. Its new chief, Utah’s GOP Gov. Spencer Cox, has something to say about that. (click here)

Biden administration announces $20 billion in clean energy investments

The Biden administration announced $20 billion for clean energy projects like electric vehicle charging stations, energy efficient homes and battery backup power.  (Read More)
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Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’


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The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, sparking criticism from education and civil rights advocates who said students should be allowed to learn the “full truth” of American history.  (Read More)
Social Policy and ​Legislation
'Small group' of House Republicans bringing social issues into defense bill, U.S. National Security Advisor Sullivan says
The Republican amendments to the critical defense spending bill make it unworkable, Sullivan said on CNN, and set up a showdown in the Senate.  (Read More)
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth-control pill — CNN
​CNN's Kim Brunhuber speaks with Dr. Daniel Grossman, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco about the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S.
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..Today, Freedom House released a special report, From Crisis to Reform: A Call to Strengthen America’s Battered Democracy, which identifies three enduring problems that have undermined the health of the US political system: unequal treatment for people of color, the outsized influence of special interests in politics, and partisan polarization. This report comes in response to a decade-long decline in US democracy and is based in Freedom House’s global comparative research...
Commentary, Editorials
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Joe Lieberman, Doug Jones face-off over No Labels' chances with 2024 'unity' ticket
Former Sens. Joe Lieberman and Doug Jones appeared Sunday on ABC's "This Week" to debate the viability of a bipartisan third-party presidential ticket in 2024 -- and whether that effort could serve as a spoiler in the race for the White House.
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Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent who represented Connecticut, is the founding chair of No Labels, which is preparing a possible "unity" ticket that would include both parties and offer, he said, another option for those voters dissatisfied with a potential rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
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"We're in this to give the majority of the American people who feel that the major two parties are failing them a third choice, both in policies, such as we're going to release in New Hampshire [on Monday], but also possibly in a third candidate," Lieberman told "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos. "And we've been very explicit ... If the polling next year shows, after the two parties have chosen their nominees, that, in fact, we will help elect one or another candidate, we're not going to get involved."
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