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The slim Democratic majority in Congress is pushing forward with an ambitious plan to legalize an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status through a budget bill that would circumvent the 60-vote threshold typically needed to pass major legislation in the Senate.Democratic staff met with the Senate parliamentarian on Friday t
stanley cup o try to convince her that the massive legalization program can be enacted through the budget reconciliation process, a procedure that allows spending bills to pass the Senate with a simple majority, congressional officials told CBS News. Republican staff were expected to argue against the proposal.It s the Senate parliamentarian who rules on whether an element of legislation can be allowed in a budget bill. The parl
stanley cup iamentarian has to determine whether the provision has a direct budgetary impact. If successful, the legalization plan would allow undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, Temporary Protected Status TPS beneficiaries, farmworkers and other pandemic-era essential workers to apply for permanent U.S. residency, or green cards, Democratic Senate aides said.Democratic aides said their proposal complies with the reconciliation rules. Historically, provisions that the Senate parliamentarian determined would have an incidental impact on
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At the expansive Monticello Estate in Virginia, there s
stanley cup its a simple room with white walls, brick floors and a single silhouette that represents the life of Sally Hemings, one of Thomas Jefferson s more than 600 slaves. Presidential estates have long struggled with how to present the founding era exceptionalism along with the full history. The latest installation at Monticello, the Sally Hemming s exhibit, gives the most personal look yet at a shameful chapter in American history. The exhibit takes a definitive stance on her relationship with Thomas Jefferson and the children they had together. A story once hidden now has the spotlight. Lucian Truscott is Jefferson s sixth-great-grandson. Shannon Lanier is also Jefferson s sixth-great-grandson mdash; but from Hemings side. As a Jeffe
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yeezy ond grade, I stood up and I proudly said, Thomas Jefferson is my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather. And the teachers said, Sit down and stop telling lies, Lanier recalled. In 1998, Truscott
