Daily Digest for March 5, 2021 Posted at 7:45 a.m. by Michael Olson |
Good morning,
Happy Friday everyone. I'm pleased to announce that David Montgomery will start writing this newsletter on Monday. He is a talented journalist with a keen eye for politics and data driven stories. If you don't already follow his excellent COVID-19 newsletter you can see the latest here.
The Senate steered on Friday toward a voting marathon on Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after enduring an extraordinary half-day holdup forced by a Republican foe of President Joe Biden's top legislative priority.
The chamber planned to begin voting around midday on a mountain of amendments, mostly by GOP opponents and virtually all of which were destined to be rejected. That would set the Senate on course toward approving its reworked version of the massive measure, probably over the weekend, and shipping it back to the House so it could whisk the final package to Biden for his signature. [Read more from the AP]
Effort to replace MPD moves forward A proposal to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new agency passed a hurdle in a City Council committee Thursday. [Read more from Brant Williams]
Sen. Tina Smith supports ending filibuster "Smith said Thursday she supports abolishing the Senate filibuster amid growing debate over whether Democrats should throw out the 60-vote threshold now that they control the chamber." [Read more from the Star Tribune's Hunter Woodall]
North Dakota House expels lawmaker accused of misconduct The North Dakota House has expelled a lawmaker accused of threatening and sexually harassing women at the Capitol. The resolution to expel GOP Rep. Luke Simons was approved 69-25 on Thursday. [Read more from the AP]
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