Tag: Kamala Harris

Federal Conservatives Call for Special Commons Study of Canada U.S. Relations

OTTAWA—The federal Conservatives are calling for a special House of Commons committee devoted to Canada-U.S. relations. They’ll advance the idea during a debate in the House of Commons today devoted to Opposition business. Their motion would see the committee focus on the economic relationship between the two countries, and notes, given the ongoing pandemic, “the…


Washington Post Removes Content From 2019 Profile of Kamala Harris

The Washington Post this week removed content from a profile of Vice President Kamala Harris. The 2019 profile relayed how Harris, then a presidential candidate, compared campaigns to prisons as she talked about actually getting some sleep before laughing. “It’s a treat that a prisoner gets when they ask for, ‘A morsel of food please,’”…


Kamala Harris Resigns From Senate Seat Before Inauguration

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris submitted her resignation from her seat in the Senate on Monday ahead of Jan. 20’s Inauguration Day. “As I resign from the Senate, I am preparing to take an oath that would have me preside over it,” Harris wrote in her resignation letter. “As senator-turned-Vice-President Walter Mondale once pointed out, the vice…


Kamala Harris Resigns Senate Seat Ahead of Inauguration

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris submitted her resignation from her seat in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 18, two days before Inauguration Day. “As I resign from the Senate, I am preparing to take an oath that would have me preside over it,” Harris wrote in her resignation letter. “As senator-turned-Vice-President Walter Mondale once pointed out, the…


Proposed Senate Replacement for Harris Comes With Ethical Questions

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s choice of Alex Padilla to replace Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) may force the Senate to take a critical look at a controversial $35 million contract awarded by the California Secretary of State to a firm with deep ties to three Democratic presidential nominees. Padilla awarded the contract to SKDKnickerbocker (SKDK), the Washington,…


Ivanka Trump Campaigns for Senate Runoff in Georgia

Back to back campaigns are happening in Georgia where Ivanka Trump made a stop in the peach state on Dec. 21, right after Donald Trump Jr. went over the weekend. At the same time, vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris went to Columbus, Georgia, to turn out the blue vote there. From NTD News


Harris Casts Tie-Breaking Vote on Biden Nominee Alvaro Bedoya to Federal Trade Commission

The Senate on March 30 narrowly voted to advance President Joe Biden’s nomination for Federal Trade Commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya, bringing him one step closer to being confirmed. Biden nominated Bedoya, a Georgetown University law professor, in September to join the board of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which deals primarily with antitrust and consumer protection law. If confirmed,…