U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Monday volunteered at a food bank to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday honoring the civil rights leader assassinated in 1968.
US President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed the passage of the American Rescue plan by an exhausted Senate.Politicians narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on Saturday as Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums.
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Not a single Republican voted in favour of the massive rescue package, highlighting the bitter partisan divisions that have characterized the early days of the Biden presidency.
The MLK Holiday Committee partnered with the Davidson Chapel CME Church in West Point to host the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service food drive.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff volunteered at a food bank to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday honoring the civil rights leader assassinated in 1968.