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5 Living Former Presidents Come Together To Raise Money For Hurricane Victims
The 5 formers Presidents attending the event were: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George Bush, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
Plans For Mary McLeod Bethune Statue To Replace Confederate General In U. S. Capitol Advance
All five living former U.S. presidents took to the stage in College Station, Texas, on Sat- urday night for a benefit con- cert raising funds for hurricane victims in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama first came together last month to launch the hurricane relief fund “One America Appeal.”
Approximately, 10,000 peo- ple gathered at Texas A&M University’s Reed Arena for the sold-out “Deep from the
Heart: One America Appeal” concert, reported the Texas Tribune. Lyle Lovett, Lee Greenwood and Gospel leg- end Yolanda Adams were among the performers who re- galed the crowd. Pop star Lady Gaga also made a sur- prise appearance, and an- nounced she was donating $1 million to the hurricane relief fund.
The initiative has raised $31 million to date, with contribu- tions from more than 80,000 donors. One hundred percent of proceeds has been pledged to helping hurricane victims recover.
lottesville and the Confeder- ate statues, it’s time to move forward.”
Members of the Bethune- Cookman University campus community overwhelmingly
endorse the plan by Florida state lawmakers to place a statue of its iconic school founder Mary McLeod Bethune in the halls of Con- gress.
A statue of civil rights ac- tivist and educator Mary McLeod Bethune moved closer to replacing a likeness of a Confederate general in representing Florida in the U.S. Capitol.
The House Government Accountability Committee voted 20-1, with only Jack- sonville Republican, Jay Fant opposing, to approve a measure (HB 139) that calls for a statue of Bethune to re- place Confederate Gen. Ed- mund Kirby Smith in the National Statuary Hall.
Each state gets two repre- sentatives at the statuary hall, and Smith has represented Florida since 1922.
“The timing is right to pass this,” sponsor Patrick Henry, D-Daytona Beach, said. “I think with all the con- troversy we’ve had with Char-
Mary McLeod Bethune’s infamous photo with the nation’s capitol in the background. Mrs. Bethune founded Bethune Cook- man College, now Bethune Cookman University.
Democratic Senate Minority Leader:
White House chief of Staff John Kelly must apologize to Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) for his "blatant lies," according to a statement re- leased Sunday by 17 female members of the Congres- sional Black Caucus.
The statement from her fellow members defend her integrity after the Trump administration called Cong. Wilson a ‘liar’ over Presi- dent Donald Trump's call expressing his condolences over the death of a U. S. serv- iceman in fighting in Niger.
General Kelly’s com- ments are reprehensible. Congresswoman Wil- son’s integrity and credibil- ity should not be challenged or undermined by such bla- tant lies. We, the women of the Congressional Black Cau- cus, proudly stand with Con- gresswoman Wilson and demand that General Kelly apologize to her without delay and take responsibility for his reckless and false statements," said the mem- bers, including Democratic former CBC chairs Marsha Fudge of Ohio, Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters of California, and Eddie Ber- nice Johnson of Texas.
Kelly, himself a Gold Star
The White House Chief of Staff, Ret. Gen. John Kelly has at- tacked Florida Congresswoman Fredricka Wilson’s character, calling her a ‘liar’ distrespectful for listening in on call from Pres- ident Trump to family of Miami soldier killed in ambush.
Bipartisan Healthcare Reform Bill Has Enough Votes To Pass
Women Of Congressional Black Caucus Say That John Kelly Must Apologize To Cong. Fredricka Wilson
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that the Alexander-Murray bipartisan health care bill has support from a majority of sen- ators, and he urged Senate Ma- jority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring it to the floor "immediately."
“This is a good compromise. It took months to work out. It has a majority. It has 60 sena- tors supporting it. We have all 48 Democrats, 12 Republi- cans," Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on "Meet the Press" on NBC. "I would urge Senator Mc- Connell to put it on the floor immediately, this week. It will pass and it will pass by a large number of votes.”
Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced last week that they had reached an agreement on a Obamacare deal which would fund a key in- surance subsidy program. The deal is meant to allow for some
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
breathing room for the system amid attempts to improve or replace it.
Schumer said President Donald Trump originally urged lawmakers to come up with a bipartisan health care fix, but he added that the pres- ident's reluctance to support the bipartisan bill comes after the "right wing" attacked it.
father, accused Wilson of inappropriately listening to Trump's call to the widow of Army Sgt. La David John- son, one of four U.S. service members killed in Niger.
Kelly made an unusual appearance during the White House press briefing to ad- dress Wilson's claim that President Donald Trump was insensitive during a call with Johnson's wife, Myeshia Johnson. Wil- son was present when she received Trump's phone call.
Further seeking to under- mine Wilson, Kelly alleged that the Florida representa-
tive flippantly claimed credit for getting funding for a Miami FBI building that was dedicated to two slain agents. Video from the event directly refutes Kelly's claims. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Kelly, a four-star general, by saying it was inappropriate to criticize someone of his rank.
For his part, Trump at- tacked Wilson again Sunday through his Twitter account. "Wacky Congresswoman Wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the Republican Party, a disaster for Dems. You watch her in action & vote R!”
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