|
|
| |
| |
Rep. Loudermilk Blasts Biden Administration for Border Crisis; Celebrates Braves' World Series |
|
| |
| |
In the News: U.S. in Talks to Pay Hundreds of Millions to Families Separated at Border
|
|
| |
Wall Street Journal:
The Biden administration is in talks to offer immigrant families that were separated during the Trump administration around $450,000 a person in compensation, according to people familiar with the matter, as several agencies work to resolve lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who say the government subjected them to lasting psychological trauma.
The U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services are considering payments that could amount to close to $1 million a family, though the final numbers could shift, the people familiar with the matter said. Most of the families that crossed the border illegally from Mexico to seek asylum in the U.S. included one parent and one child, the people said. Many families would likely get smaller payouts, depending on their circumstances, the people said.
Read More ▸
|
|
| |
| |
In the News: Minnesota Residents Now Required to State Home Address if They want to Speak at School Board Meetings
|
|
| |
New York Post:
Residents of Mankato, Minnesota were required to state their home addresses during the public portion of school board meetings this month in order to address officials.
Jodi Sapp, the chair of the board for Mankato Area Public Schools, laid out new rules before the open forum on Oct. 18, including prohibiting residents from addressing individual school board members and requiring that every speaker publicly state the address of their home.
Read More ▸
|
|
| |
| |
In the News: Economic Growth Rate Slows to 2% on a Sharp Slowdown in Consumer Spending
|
|
| |
CNBC:
The U.S. economy grew at a 2% rate in the third quarter, its slowest gain of the pandemic-era recovery, as supply chain issues and a marked deceleration in consumer spending stunted the expansion, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
Gross domestic product, a sum of all the goods and services produced, grew at a 2.0% annualized pace in the third quarter, according to the department’s first estimate released Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a 2.8% reading.
Read More ▸
|
|
| |
| |
Rep. Loudermilk Supports Effort to Force Vote on Legislation That Will Stop Illegal Immigrants from Crossing Southern Border |
|
| |
Rep. Loudermilk cosponsored:
H.R. 471 - Protecting Americans from Unnecessary Spread upon Entry from COVID-19 (PAUSE) Act by Rep. Herrell, R-NM
- All federal and state COVID-19 emergency orders (lockdowns, stay at home orders, public health emergencies, curfews, etc.) are lifted, and
- The CDC traveler health risk level for Canada and Mexico is reduced to Level 1.
Rep. Loudermilk also signed Rep. Chip Roy's discharge petition that would force Speaker Pelosi to bring H.R. 471 to the House floor for a vote.
Read More ▸
|
|
|
|
| |
Social Media: Additional Posts |
|
|
|
