Since President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Republicans have controlled the executive branch and legislative branch, with the exception of House Democrats winning the majority in that chamber in 2018. McCarthy, first elected in 2006, was majority leader from 2013 until 2019 and has been minority leader since then.
The plan seeks to quell the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 194,000 Americans this year.
“We’ve worked with this president to make sure there’s funding at the National Institute of Health and there’s funding at CMS, HHS and other agencies that are working feverishly to find a vaccine and other remedies,” Minority Whip Steve Scailse of Louisiana said. “And we’re on the doorstop of a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19 because of that work.”
Since the May police killing of George Floyd, protests have unleashed a nationwide call to grapple with police brutality and implement reforms in law enforcement. There have also been calls to tighten spending on police forces, with some calling to “defund the police,” although the phrase means different things to different people, including shifting some responsibilities from police to other social services.
House Republicans are proposing to increase police funding by $1.75 billion for training, community policing and equipment. This includes 500,000 more police body cameras. Rep. Pete Stauber, a former police officer, spoke on that issue. Stauber flipped a Democratic seat in Minnesota in the 2018 elections, a rare bright spot for the chamber’s Republicans in 2018.
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