Second Key GOP Senator Announces Support for Religious Freedom Amendment to Respect for Marriage Act

A second senator who voted for the Respect for Marriage Act will support Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s amendment protecting religious freedom, though she did not say whether she would insist on the amendment’s adoption as a condition for supporting cloture on the legislation. Republican Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis will support the Lee amendment if it is brought to the floor as an amendment to the Respect for Marriage Act, spokeswoman Stacey Daniels said Saturday, noting that Lummis previously cosponsored Lee’s First Amendment Defense Act while she served in Congress.…

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Does Biden Have a Second Act?

Ronald Reagan did it. So did Bill Clinton. Barack Obama did as well. Can Joe Biden do it too? After a difficult first two years in the White House, Reagan, Clinton, and Obama each rebuilt enough public support to win a second term—not long after many observers had labeled them fatally damaged by their early setbacks. Although the specific environment and challenges confronting those three presidents diverged in many ways, the trajectory of each man’s first term followed the same broad arc. Each was elected at a moment of great…

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Biden, Xi discuss avoiding confrontation in second phone call of new U.S. administration – CNBC

Biden, Xi discuss avoiding confrontation in second phone call of new U.S. administration  CNBC US Biden and China’s Xi hold first call in seven months  BBC News Biden calls Chinese President Xi Jinping about U.S.-China relationship  CBS News Chinese President Xi Jinping Speaks with US President Joseph Biden on the Phone  MFA China Biden speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid tensions in recent months  CNN View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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Explainer: What will Congress do now that Trump has been impeached a second time? – Reuters

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