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Senate Republican delays vote on $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, American Rescue Plan.House approves sweeping voting rights bill to expand voting access and protections.Deb Haaland, Department of Interior Secretary nominee advances to full senate.House approves police reform bill, named after black man killed by police in 2020.Governor Gavin Newsom reserves 40% of COVID-19 vaccines for hardest hit zip codes.California senate passes $6.6 billion bill to incentivize reopening classrooms.Florida under scrutiny for sending vaccines to wealthy retirement community.White House defends President’s “neanderthal” comment of Republicans who roll back COVID-19 protections.Screen shot of video taken of police killing of George Floyd.
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