Barring the unforeseen, history will be made Thursday as the Senate votes to confirm the first Black woman to the Supreme Court in its 233-year history. A final vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation is expected around 1:45 p.m. Eastern, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) told his colleagues Wednesday night. President Biden’s nominee, who is expected to draw the support of all 50 members of the Democratic caucus and three Republicans, will replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer at the end of the court’s term.
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Donna Cassata: ‘Advice and consent’ role puts senators in their seats — Senators are expected to be in their seats in the chamber when they vote later today on confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. It’s a rare sight for Senate votes, as most roll calls look like Grand Central Terminal at rush hour, with senators walking in through the various doors, casting their vote and leaving, or chatting in the well of the Senate or at their desks in small huddles. The Senate considers giving its “advice and consent” on a Supreme Court nominee to be a significant power that calls for greater respect for the process of voting. One of the last times senators sat in the chamber to vote was when they acquitted Donald Trump last year on the impeachment charge of inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
Noted: Senate passes measure to speed up delivery of military equipment to Ukraine
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With no appetite for sending U.S. troops to Ukraine, Congress continues to look for other ways to aid that country’s military in its defense against the Russian invaders. Late Wednesday, the Senate moved unanimously to streamline President Biden’s ability to provide military assistance to Ukraine, mirroring the World War II-era Lend-Lease Act.
The Post’s Bryan Pietsch reports that the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act “temporarily waives certain requirements” that were restricting Biden’s ability to quickly send military equipment to Ukraine. It stipulates that such equipment must be intended for Ukraine and “necessary to protect civilians in Ukraine from Russian military invasion.”
Bryan writes:
The United States implemented the same policy during World War II, allowing it to supply arms to its allies by lending or leasing equipment rather than selling it, while keeping — at least officially — neutrality in the war.
The measure now moves to the House, which on Wednesday evening moved overwhelmingly to push for a U.S. investigation of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
You can read Bryan’s full account here in The Post’s live update file devoted to the war on Ukraine.
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the NDP is caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre when it comes to their stance on the consumer carbon price.
Trudeau says he believes Jagmeet Singh and the NDP care about the environment, but it’s “increasingly obvious” that they have “no idea” what to do about climate change.
On Thursday, Singh said the NDP is working on a plan that wouldn’t put the burden of fighting climate change on the backs of workers, but wouldn’t say if that plan would include a consumer carbon price.
Singh’s noncommittal position comes as the NDP tries to frame itself as a credible alternative to the Conservatives in the next federal election.
Poilievre responded to that by releasing a video, pointing out that the NDP has voted time and again in favour of the Liberals’ carbon price.
British Columbia Premier David Eby also changed his tune on Thursday, promising that a re-elected NDP government would scrap the long-standing carbon tax and shift the burden to “big polluters,” if the federal government dropped its requirements.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
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Quebec wants to curb excessive tipping.
Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for consumer protection, has tabled a bill to force merchants to calculate tips based on the price before tax.
That means on a restaurant bill of $100, suggested tips would be calculated based on $100, not on $114.98 after provincial and federal sales taxes are added.
The bill would also increase the rebate offered to consumers when the price of an item at the cash register is higher than the shelf price, to $15 from $10.
And it would force grocery stores offering a discounted price for several items to clearly list the unit price as well.
Businesses would also have to indicate whether taxes will be added to the price of food products.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.
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Quebec legislature member Youri Chassin has announced he’s leaving the Coalition Avenir Québec government to sit as an Independent.
He announced the decision shortly after writing an open letter criticizing Premier François Legault’s government for abandoning its principles of smaller government.
In the letter published in Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec, Chassin accused the party of falling back on what he called the old formula of throwing money at problems instead of looking to do things differently.
Chassin says public services are more fragile than ever, despite rising spending that pushed the province to a record $11-billion deficit projected in the last budget.
He is the second CAQ member to leave the party in a little more than one week, after economy and energy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon announced Sept. 4 he would leave because he lost motivation to do his job.
Chassin says he has no intention of joining another party and will instead sit as an Independent until the end of his term.
He has represented the Saint-Jérôme riding since the CAQ rose to power in 2018, but has not served in cabinet.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.
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