2024 starts today

20 January 2021 By John Foley Follow @johnsfoley

Joe Biden has many goals, but one ought to be making the next election smoother than the last. An inequitable job market keeps voters from polls while gerrymandering helps keep wealth in areas that already have it. Electoral and economic systems are linked; both need an overhaul.

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Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president on Jan. 20.

"Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause: the cause of democracy," Biden said in his inauguration address. "Democracy has prevailed."

Mitch McConnell, the outgoing majority leader of the Senate, said on Jan. 19 that Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump had “provoked” a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to impeach Trump for “incitement of insurrection.” Prosecution would require the support of 67 senators out of 100.

Senator Chuck Schumer, the leading Democrat in the U.S. upper legislative chamber, said on Jan. 19 that the first bill considered by the new Congress would be the For the People Act, which includes reforms to the U.S. electoral system. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives in 2019.

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Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president on Jan. 20.

"Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause: the cause of democracy," Biden said in his inauguration address. "Democracy has prevailed."

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