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Former Vice President Joe Biden is known as a loveable gaffe machine — an unofficial title made possible by his many public blunders and the privilege of having those lapses viewed as endearing rather than disqualifying (a privilege exclusive to rich white men). But as the 77-year-old looks more and more to be the eventual Democratic nominee for president in the 2020 election, pundits, voters, and political rivals are using his so-called “goofs” to shamelessly question his cognitive abilities — a practice that is not only ableist, but grossly negligent.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Seth Moulton announced that three previously-scheduled public town hall meetings will be rescheduled as two digital town hall events. He also publicly released a posture guide that his staff is using to determine staffing levels at his offices in Salem and Washington, DC so that residents of the region understand how to reach his team and him, and so local businesses and leaders have a template for staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision to suspend tours of the Capitol followed a chaotic cascade of announcements Wednesday from the World Health Organization officially labeling COVID-19 as a pandemic to Washington, D.C., declaring a state of emergency and barring large-scale gatherings to a congressman’s decision to share “sustained precautionary protocols.”
The U.S. Capitol will cease all public tours through at least the end of March amid mounting fears of a widespread coronavirus outbreak, according to multiple people familiar with the decision.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi informed members of the decision in a Wednesday afternoon meeting, which is intended to help prevent the spread of the virus across the sprawling Capitol campus, where many senior-aged lawmakers are already at higher risk. The restriction applies to all tours — public, staff-led and member-led.
WASHINGTON — Today, the House Energy & Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee advanced a bill by Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Representative Chris Stewart (R-UT) that would create a three-digit mental health hotline by a unanimous voice vote.
“Americans are dying—literally every day—that we don’t have this number in place, because they can’t get help for mental health care when they need it,” Rep. Moulton said. “I’m excited the subcommittee passed this bill. Let’s finish the job.”
Democratic presidential hopefuls are nixing time-honored campaign staples like pressing the flesh and holding crowded voter rallies as they scramble to address the fast-moving coronavirus and adjust to campaigning in the midst of an epidemic.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., and Vice President Joe Biden both canceled rallies in Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday and indicated they might cancel future indoor rallies altogether even though the two candidates remain locked in a battle for the Democratic nomination.
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