Democrats seize on McConnell’s stimulus block in Georgia runoff

Coming off its most watched day ever with the tragedy and murderous chaos of the Donald Trump inspired attack on Congress on January 6, CNN has now posted one of its best weeks ever overall too.

Victories by Democrats in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff elections breathed new life into activists’ hopes for passage of the Equality Act and several other pro-LGBTQ bills that were previously thought to be dead on arrival under a Republican-controlled Senate.On Tuesday evening, Rev.

Hollywood has spoken, and the praise is coming in for Georgia Democrats. Amidst a narrow, nail-biting Senate runoff race in Georgia, politically-active celebrities flocked to social media in droves to celebrate a major win in the state — and the triumphant win at the federal level. With Democrats Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff now the Senators-elect, stars like Alyssa Milano and Mark Ruffalo couldn’t be more overjoyed that Democrats now control the Senate.

Over on Twitter, celebrities are reacting to the Georgia Senate runoff election results. As of Wednesday, January 6, multiple outlets reported that Democrats officially won control of the Senate, with many calling a victory for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock’s over Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively.

The House Democratic Squad celebrated the anticipated Senate victories in Georgia and laid out their agenda for the Democratic-led Senate. "We got Georgia y'all! We got the Senate! Down goes Mitch!," tweeted Rep.

Former Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones announced Wednesday that he will be joining the Republican Party.  Jones, a former Democrat representing the 91st District in Lithonia, Ga., said in a post on Twitter: "Now more than ever, the Republican Party is in desperate need of leaders that know how to fight.

does beat Perdue, that would give and Democrats equal control in the Senate. With President-elect Joe Biden and in the White House, that means Harris, the Senate president, will serve as the tiebreaker.Warnock and Ossoff supporters have been expressing their excitement on social media.

Raphael Warnock emerged victorious and Jon Ossoff grew his lead in the Georgia runoff races on Tuesday, as the Democrats remained on track to take the majority in the Senate. In the early hours of Wednesday morning on the East Coast, AP projected Warnock winning his race.

Joe Biden to push through his agenda when he enters the White House on January 20.Democrat Raphael Warnock is currently projected to unseat his Republican rival Kelly Loeffler in the Senate special runoff, with 98% of the vote having been counted from Georgia’s 159 counties at the time of writing.The general election runoff between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue is tighter, although a number of media outlets have either put Ossoff in the lead or called the race in his favour.

The two U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats or Republicans are the majority party in the chamber remained too close to call early Wednesday morning.

As Georgians choose their two U.S. Senators in the January 5th runoff elections, the stakes could not be greater.  If Democratic challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff defeat incumbent Republican Sens.

The stars are getting political. On Tuesday, Georgia voters will participate in a special runoff election to determine who will represent them in the Senate, potentially flipping the political body from Republican-led to Democratic.

Democrats are putting the pressure on Republican Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in the final days before their runoff elections, following the release of a taped phone call in which President Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to help him find enough votes to flip the state's result in November's presidential election.

Georgia's U.S. Senate candidates are making last-minute efforts to maximize voter support as Tuesday's runoff elections draw closer.

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A planned in-person inauguration ceremony for several freshman Democratic state senators in Minnesota drew bipartisan criticism this week after a permit detailing the event appeared to show violations of Gov.Tim Walz’s executive order barring outdoor gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. The state’s department of administration granted a permit request filed by the Muslim American Society of Minnesota for an event entitled "Inauguration Day of MN Senators." The Jan.

Channing Tatum is reportedly in final talks to star alongside Sandra Bullock in The Lost City Of D.The upcoming romantic adventure flick was being envisioned as a reunion for Sandra and Ryan Reynolds, who starred in the 2009 rom-com classic The Proposal.However, the Deadpool star was only loosely attached to the film and now Variety reports that the Magic Mike star has all but signed a deal to take on the male lead.Sandra will play a romance author, who discovers that a supposedly fictional city

Sorry, “The Proposal” stans, it appears that the reunion between Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock isn’t meant to be.