Agencies shall consider ways to expand citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process. 200-day deadline from Mar. 7. Includes modernization of websites and digital services.
The above summarizes some of the key points of an executive order issued Mar. 7 by Joe Biden. I’d heard about this one, but in general it’s been so quiet, relative to recent times, that I’d kind of lost track of what he’d been doing.
The following are some of other things that happened in just the first seven days of this month:
• The Senate passed the $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan Act.
• The February jobs report showed 379,000 jobs added to the economy.
• The Defense Production Act was engaged to make enough vaccines to supply every American by the end of May 2021.
• Biden met with President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to discuss immigration, COVID-19, and economic and security cooperation.
• Biden spoke with the Guatemalan president to discuss immigration and regional security.
• Secretaries of Commerce and Education were sworn in.
• Biden assessed the mental acuity of the governors of Texas and Mississippi.
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Introducing George Floyd’s drug use as a defense strategy is no different than pointing out “provocative dress” on the part of the victim during a rape trial
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Instead of pushing this rapid reopening, why don’t GOP governors just tell everyone to work harder. I mean, that’s all poor people have to do, right?
Chris Smith, Author 