Biden tells donors he won’t ‘demonize’ the wealthy: Former Vice President Joe Biden suggested to affluent donors at an event Tuesday that he wouldn’t be making them political targets because of their wealth, says a Bloomberg News report.
“I got in trouble with some of the people on my team, on the Democratic side, because I said, you know, what I’ve found is rich people are just as patriotic as poor people. Not a joke. I mean, we may not want to demonize anybody who’s made money,” the Democratic presidential front-runner said, according to the report.
Also at this event, Biden invoked two Southern segregationist senators by name as he fondly recalled the “civility” of the Senate in the 1970s and 1980s, according to a New York Times article. That remark came as he defended himself against suggestions that he is too “old fashioned” for today’s Democratic Party.
Ocasio-Cortez draws flak and support for ‘concentration camps’ remark: New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is facing criticism after she described U.S. migrant detention centers as “concentration camps” this week, notes a Newsweek report.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York said the following to the influential congresswoman in a letter on Tuesday: “As concerned as we are about the conditions experienced by migrants seeking asylum in the United States, including family separation, unusable facilities, and lack of food, water and medical resources, the regrettable use of Holocaust terminology to describe these contemporary concerns diminishes the evil intent of the Nazis to eradicate the Jewish people.”
Republicans have criticized Ocasio-Cortez’s word choice. But she has gotten some support as well, with one Holocaust expert tweeting that he “would also call these centers concentrations camps.”
House hearing on reparations for slavery to feature Danny Glover, Ta-Nehisi Coates: A House subcommittee was due to hold a hearing Wednesday morning to discuss reparations for slavery, with the testimony coming on the Juneteenth holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., says a USA Today article.
Lawmakers were set to discuss legislation that would create a commission to study the history of slavery and its lasting effects on African Americans. Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of “The Case for Reparations,” and actor Danny Glover were set to testify alongside legal and economic experts, the article adds.
White House officials, congressional leaders to meet on avoiding another shutdown: White House officials plan to meet with congressional leaders Wednesday to reach a deal on spending limits that would prevent another government shutdown this fall, notes a Roll Call report.
A meeting on May 21 produced some initial hopes that a bipartisan deal could be reached relatively quickly, avoiding a breakdown in the appropriations process when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, but it was followed by clashes between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump.
Senators reach deal on border funding: The top two appropriators in the Senate have reached an agreement on a $4.6 billion funding package to address the influx of migrants at the southern border, says a CNN report.
On Wednesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee was due to mark up the deal, which was reached between Alabama Republican Sen. Richard Shelby and Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy. But House Democrats blocked a similar deal last month and have not yet signed off, the report added.
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