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The Week Pelosi says she supports a smaller coronavirus stimulus now because Biden won the election After six months spent pushing for a more-than $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is fine with something smaller.Earlier this week, a team of bipartisan lawmakers unveiled a $908 billion coronavirus relief. It’s smaller than the $1.5 trillion deal the House’s bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus drew up in September, and yet this time around,… Source link

CANTON, Ga. — In the high stakes runoff election for two U.S. Senate seats that will decide which party controls the chamber under President-elect Joe Biden, incumbent Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are looking to bring in big GOP names to stump alongside them, while Democrats are choosing to keep things local. On Friday, Loeffler and Perdue were joined by Vice President Mike Pence in Canton, Ga., to a raucous outdoor crowd of more than 1,000 supporters. While Pence… Source link

TipRanks Oppenheimer Sees These 3 Stocks Skyrocketing Over 100% The U.S. presidential election has come to a close, and Wall Street isn’t opposed to the administration change. Last week saw the S&P 500 notch its second-best performance during an election week on record, even as Trump’s chances of getting re-elected became slimer and slimer.Weighing in for Oppenheimer, Chief Investment Strategist John Stoltzfus noted, “What appears clear so far is that the equity markets are not averse to… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Will Florida overwhelm Georgia QB Stetson Bennett? | Yahoo Sports College Podcast  Yahoo Sports Source link

This year’s general election has potential to do more than change the White House; it could also change the leadership in Congress. Democrats have been making a push in several key states to win control of the Senate, including in the state of Georgia where both Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler face Democratic challengers. “This is a ‘new South’,” says U.S. Senate candidate Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat who is challenging Sen. Loeffler. “It’s more diverse…. Source link

Instead of participating in a final debate with his Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff, Georgia Sen. David Perdue (R) will spend his Sunday at a rally with President Trump. Perdue announced his change of plans on Thursday. In response, Ossoff tweeted, “At last night’s debate, millions saw that Perdue had no answers when I called him out on his record of blatant corruption, widespread disease, and economic devastation. Shame on you, senator.” Their Wednesday night debate in Savannah was heated,… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Is it time for Georgia to move on from Stetson Bennett? | Yahoo Sports College Podcast  Yahoo Sports Source link

William Marcus “Marc” Wilson believed he was standing his ground when he fired at a pickup truck he says was trying to run his car off the road as he drove home with his girlfriend one night last month. He had a licensed handgun with him, and he might have assumed that he was covered by Georgia’s “stand your ground” law, which reads, in part, “A person who uses threats or force … in defense of self or others … in defense of a habitation, or … in defense of property other… Source link