usatoday--2020-09-30--'You have no idea': Hillary Clinton admits she wanted to tell Trump to 'shut up,' too

After a presidential debate rife with outbursts and attacks , Hillary Clinton confirmed she wished she could have told President Donald Trump to `` shut up '' when the pair debated in 2016 .
The former nominee 's confession came after feminist writer Jill Filipovic tweeted that former Vice President Joe Biden 's off-the-cuff remark of `` Will you shut up , man ? ''
was `` the line of the night . ''
Filipovic later added , `` I so feel for Hillary right now , because I 'm positive she wanted to say that and could n't .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Clinton replied .
Clinton was the first female major-party nominee for president when she faced Trump four years ago .
In her first debate versus Trump , he interrupted her 51 times , according to a county by Vox .
She , in turn , interrupted him just 17 times .
And unlike Biden , she resisted the urge to tell him to `` shut up . ''
Prior to the debate , Clinton told MSNBC 's Rachel Maddow that she would be watching the debate with `` real interest , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Unlike four years ago , Donald Trump now has a record , '' she explained .
`` Everyone has seen what he has done to our country , what he has failed to do . ''
After lauding Biden for his `` toughness '' and `` humanity , '' Clinton said she was `` looking forward to the debate . ''
Clinton told Maddow that Trump has lost `` his big advantage '' of reality television stardom .
`` I think his series is about to be cancelled , '' she joked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ story over and over again : lying with impunity , attacking when you have nothing to say , unable to give an answer that is frankly coherent . ''
For his part , Trump mentioned Clinton once during the debate , reprising the moniker `` Crooked Hillary Clinton '' and accusing Democrats of attempting a `` coup . ''
After the heated debate , Chasten Buttigieg — the husband of former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg , who made a run at the Democratic nomination — took to Twitter to express his sympathy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone checked in on @ HillaryClinton ? ''
he wrote .
`` Girl I ’ m so sorry . ''
`` Thanks , I ’ m fine , '' she replied .
`` But everyone better vote . ''

'You have no idea': Hillary Clinton admits she wanted to tell Trump to 'shut up,' too
After a presidential debate rife with outbursts and attacks, Hillary Clinton confirmed she wished she could have told President Donald Trump to "shut up" when the pair debated in 2016.
The former nominee's confession came after feminist writer Jill Filipovic tweeted that former Vice President Joe Biden's off-the-cuff remark of "Will you shut up, man?" was "the line of the night."
Filipovic later added, "I so feel for Hillary right now, because I'm positive she wanted to say that and couldn't."
"You have no idea," Clinton replied.
Clinton was the first female major-party nominee for president when she faced Trump four years ago. In her first debate versus Trump, he interrupted her 51 times, according to a county by Vox.
She, in turn, interrupted him just 17 times. And unlike Biden, she resisted the urge to tell him to "shut up."
You have no idea. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2020
Prior to the debate, Clinton told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that she would be watching the debate with "real interest, and a certain level of expectation."
"Unlike four years ago, Donald Trump now has a record," she explained. "Everyone has seen what he has done to our country, what he has failed to do."
After lauding Biden for his "toughness" and "humanity," Clinton said she was "looking forward to the debate."
Clinton told Maddow that Trump has lost "his big advantage" of reality television stardom.
"I think his series is about to be cancelled," she joked. "It's just the same story over and over again: lying with impunity, attacking when you have nothing to say, unable to give an answer that is frankly coherent."
For his part, Trump mentioned Clinton once during the debate, reprising the moniker "Crooked Hillary Clinton" and accusing Democrats of attempting a "coup."
After the heated debate, Chasten Buttigieg — the husband of former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who made a run at the Democratic nomination — took to Twitter to express his sympathy for Clinton, too.
"Has anyone checked in on @HillaryClinton?" he wrote. "Girl I’m so sorry."
"Thanks, I’m fine," she replied. "But everyone better vote."


usatoday--2020-09-30--Pres. Trump and former Vice Pres. Biden spar over white supremacy, ANTIFA at first debate

Pres .
Trump and former Vice Pres .
Biden spar over white supremacy , ANTIFA at first debate President Trump @ @ @ @ @ Biden argue about white supremacy and ANTIFA at the first 2020 presidential debate .

Presidential Debate: Trump and Biden clash on ANTIFA, white supremacy
President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden argue about white supremacy and ANTIFA at the first 2020 presidential debate.
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usatoday--2020-09-30--President Trump slams Hunter Biden at first presidential debate

President Trump seemed to try to rattle Joe Biden by bringing up Biden ’ s son , Hunter .

President Trump rips Biden's son, Hunter
President Trump seemed to try to rattle Joe Biden by bringing up Biden’s son, Hunter.
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Halloween at home

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Even though things might be different this year , that doesn ’ t mean you can ’ t turn your house into the funhouse of horrors and mischiefs .
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If you prefer to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ read a few scary stories with the kids , order a few subscription boxes , bake some goodies or enjoy a night of games and treats all in the comfort of your own home .
Here are 10 great ways you can celebrate Halloween at home this year .
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Grab some flashlights , blankets , and some glow-in-the-dark books like What Was I Scared Of ?
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10 ways to make Halloween fun this year for kids at home
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It’s time to get the house ready for Halloween. Even though things might be different this year, that doesn’t mean you can’t turn your house into the funhouse of horrors and mischiefs. You can gather the family around and watch scary movies, make DIY costumes, have a horror beauty spa night, or have a monster-style BBQ outside in the backyard. If you prefer to keep it simple, you can always read a few scary stories with the kids, order a few subscription boxes, bake some goodies or enjoy a night of games and treats all in the comfort of your own home.
Here are 10 great ways you can celebrate Halloween at home this year.
1. Have a spa night
You and your partner or older children can have a spooky spa night and unwind together. You can paint your nails with the Sally Hansen x Sour Patch Kids limited-edition collection or some Dashing Diva Magic Press Press-On Nails. You will definitely get a kick out of the candy corn themed bath bombs from Etsy. You can decorate the bathroom and use one of our favorite humidifiers to give you the smoke effect you need to give you a ghostly feeling.
And no spa night is complete without a high-quality foot spa—our favorite is the Ivation Foot Spa Massager, which comes with massage rollers and has adjustable heating settings. Whatever you choose, just make sure you and your family are rocking some cozy and plush robes, which will be essential for setting the comfy mood.
2. Don't skimp on the outdoor decor
Turn your backyard into a Halloween fun fest with festive decor, like the inflatable Beetlejuice Sandworm, or the 12-foot Giant-Sized Skeleton with LifeEyes that's been all over the Internet recently. These decorations will turn your backyard into the ultimate spooky scene that your kids will enjoy.
3. Have a spooky slumber party
Grab some flashlights, blankets, and some glow-in-the-dark books like What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss. You can also fire up your projector and play a hand puppet game or find some ghosts to fly around on the screen. You can let the kids go a little wild with the Noshi Edible Kid Paint which is great for playing zombie games and eating fake body parts.
4. Make it a cozy movie night
Whether you want to watch something scary or something everything in the family can watch with no nightmares, a heated blanket and popcorn maker is the way to go. Encourage everyone to wear their costume during movie night so the kids can have a little more fun with it.
5. Make DIY costumes
No need to spend a lot of money on costumes for your growing kids when you can just make a fun outfit that can double as their everyday clothes. Primary is the source for all trendy, gender-neutral clothes for infants, toddlers, big kids and adults. You can turn regular clothes into funny pop culture references. The best part is that these Halloween outfits can also be part of your kid's wardrobe after Halloween which means you will save money.
6. Have a scavenger hunt
Turn your family into little scavenger hunters for the night. For the little ones, this witch piñata from Scandiborn comes ready with candy stuffed inside already. For older kids, you can scatter candy throughout the house, like an October Easter egg hunt, or lead them around with a number of clues that ultimately leads to a Halloween candy stash they can gorge on.
7. Whip up some Halloween treats
Is there anything more fun than eating spooky treats on Halloween? Scour the internet for some of the best, easy Halloween recipes you can bake along with your little ones. Even better, some of our favorite meal kits, like Home Chef, have Halloween-themed entrees you can whip up in no time. Check out the Home Chef Spooky Shephard's Pie, or these adorable healthy Halloween treats from Hello Fresh.
8. Have a photoshoot and play dress up
All you need is a good camera, some proper lighting, and adorable costumes. Have fun and be creative! Dress the little ones in shirts with funny sayings like the shirts from The Spunky Stork and Mori. Grab some props and start posing for the camera. Just remember, those images will make great holiday cards. And please—involve the pets!
9. Make it a crafting night
Turn on a Halloween playlist and get ready to create. For the school-aged kids, these Ooly Monster Erasers entertain as well as erase. You can make masks, or even offer to make each others’ outfit. Just a few supplies are needed to turn your night into a crafter’s dream.
There are also a number of Halloween-themed crafting boxes you can complete as a family from Cratejoy, like the We Craft Box, which comes with paper crafts for kids of all ages.
10. Carve a pumpkin together
There's no better family activity on Halloween than pumpkin carving. We think the Pumpkin Masters All in One carving kit is the best you can buy, as it's affordable, easy to use, and incredibly effective. Get a few pumpkins and have fun watching your kids create their own designs and play with fruity insides.
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usatoday--2020-10-01--A woman could never behave that way and be president

`` Will you shut up , man ? ''
It was Joe Biden 's stand-out line during Tuesday night 's presidential debate , one President Donald Trump 's female challenger four years ago could never dream of delivering .
`` I so feel for Hillary right now because I ’ m positive she wanted to say that and couldn ’ t , '' tweeted feminist author Jill Filipovic during the debate .
`` You have no idea , '' Clinton replied .
When Trump called Clinton a `` nasty '' woman while she talked about social security during the third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finishing her answer without acknowledging the insult .
Clinton knew the unspoken rules for women , and while she tried her best to follow them , she was often caught between the expectations of her gender and the qualities people tend to associate with leadership .
Words that Clinton could never utter , Biden 's campaign will now use on T-shirts .
`` Whether you 're a woman , a person of color , or someone from an identity that 's in any other way marginalized , it 's difficult to see yourself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they 're operating in a world that you 're not permited to operate in , '' said Laura Palumbo of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center .
`` The double standards are very clear in that behaviors that are admired and respected in certain individuals are exactly what others have to be intentional in avoiding in order to be taken seriously . ''
'It was painful .
And triggering ' : Psychologists say debate could be traumatizing Rife with insults and interruptions , people called Tuesday night 's debate a devastating example @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But it was something else , too : a confrontation that could only take place between two white men .
Double standards : 'You ca n't be angry' No female challenger would ever have told Trump to shut up .
Even if she wanted to .
The stereotypical idea of a woman is kind , gentle , moral and compassionate .
But stereotypical notions of leadership – toughness , assertiveness , the ability to `` take charge '' – are typically associated with men .
For women to rise to leadership positions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while also exhibiting characteristics we associate with men .
The problem is that once women start exhibiting those stereotypical male traits , they are seen as less feminine , and ultimately less likeable .
`` There 's no language that women are allowed to speak to stand up for themselves , '' said Juliet Williams , a professor of gender studies at UCLA .
`` So clearly it would have been ridiculous for her to go , 'Come on , man .
This is unpresidential . '
It 's not just that we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ golf clubs , we 're not even entitled to use the same language .
It would n't work at all .
And clearly you ca n't be angry , you ca n't be aggressive . ''
Research from the nonpartisan Barbara Lee Family Foundation shows that women in politics have to be likable to receive a person 's vote , but men do n't need to be liked to be elected .
Qualities such as ambition and assertivness , which are lauded in male leaders , are the very things that make women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
After Sen. Kamala Harris challenged Biden over his past opposition to federal busing policy , some Biden allies suggested she was too ambitious to be his vice president , a charge gender experts say would never have been levied against a man .
And it 's not just gender identity that comes into play on the debate stage and in voters ' choices .
`` Double standards and stereotypes play out whenever diverse identities come together .
Is a woman 'emotional , ' or a black man 'angry , ' while a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harvard Business Review wrote in 2019 .
Men are frequently called upon to perform their masculinity – in the military , in fraternities , in politics , in relationships – and gender experts say Tuesday 's debate was no exception .
`` It was an exercise in masculine dominance , '' said CJ Pascoe , a professor at the University of Oregon and author of Dude , You 're a Fag : Masculinity and Sexuality in High School .
`` Trump walked in and said , 'The rules do n't apply to me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what to do .
Biden ca n't tell me what to do .
Tradition ca n't tell me what to do . '
...
I think what Trump has been able to do is embody this sort of culturally valued form of masculinity that is authoritative .
There are people who listen to him and find that sort of masculine charisma intoxicating regardless of the content that follows . ''
During the debate , Trump questioned Biden ’ s intellect and bragged about the size of his rallies .
He attacked his son @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But gender experts say Tuesday 's debate also underscored the limitations of masculinity .
Experts say because of his gender and his race , Biden is likely used to being treated with respect .
Trump 's behavior appeared to throw him , in part because he had a limited number of of acceptable masculine responses to deal with Trump 's behavior .
`` We tend to talk about toxic masculinity as bad for women .
And I think that part of the message that has n't gotten across is a recognition of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' Williams said .
`` So Biden was completely caught in a double bind where he had been goaded beforehand about being 'Sleepy Joe ' and so he knew he had to in some way come out swinging .
But his two choices were to look like a woman , effeminate , totally unacceptable , or to be as low as Trump would go , which also does n't look very good . ''
A year after the election , in her book about her time on the campaign trail , Clinton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Trump loomed behind her during the debate , but she kept her cool because of `` a lifetime of dealing with difficult men trying to throw me off . ''
She envisioned , in a different world , what she might have said instead : `` Back up , you creep .
Get away from me .
I know you love to intimidate women , but you ca n't intimidate me . '
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A woman could never behave that way and be president Analysis: Words that Clinton could never utter, Biden's campaign will now use on T-shirts.
Show Caption Hide Caption Presidential Debate: Trump and Biden clash on ANTIFA, white supremacy President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden argue about white supremacy and ANTIFA at the first 2020 presidential debate. USA TODAY
"Will you shut up, man?"
It was Joe Biden's standout line during Tuesday night's presidential debate, one President Donald Trump's female challenger four years ago could never dream of delivering.
"I so feel for Hillary right now because I’m positive she wanted to say that and couldn’t," tweeted feminist author Jill Filipovic during the debate.
"You have no idea," Clinton replied.
When Trump called Clinton a "nasty" woman while she talked about Social Security during the third presidential debate in October 2016, she ignored him, finishing her answer without acknowledging the insult. Clinton knew the unspoken rules for women, and while she tried her best to follow them, she was often caught between the expectations of her gender and the qualities people tend to associate with leadership.
Words that Clinton could never utter, Biden's campaign will now use on T-shirts.
"Whether you're a woman, a person of color or someone from an identity that's in any other way marginalized, it's difficult to see yourself in the position of these leaders, because they're operating in a world that you're not permitted to operate in," said Laura Palumbo of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. "The double standards are very clear in that behaviors that are admired and respected in certain individuals are exactly what others have to be intentional in avoiding in order to be taken seriously."
'It was painful. And triggering': Psychologists say debate could be traumatizing
Many people called Tuesday night's debate, which was rife with insults and interruptions, a devastating example of the state of American politics. But it was something else, too: a confrontation that could take place only between two white men.
Double standards: 'You can't be angry'
No female challenger would ever have told Trump to shut up. Even if she wanted to.
The stereotypical idea of a woman is kind, gentle, moral and compassionate. But stereotypical notions of leadership – toughness, assertiveness, the ability to "take charge" – are typically associated with men. For women to rise to leadership positions, they must retain their stereotypical femininity while also exhibiting characteristics we associate with men. The problem is that once women start exhibiting those stereotypical male traits, they are seen as less feminine and ultimately less likable.
"There's no language that women are allowed to speak to stand up for themselves," said Juliet Williams, a professor of gender studies at UCLA. "So clearly it would have been ridiculous for her to go: 'Come on, man. This is unpresidential.' It's not just that we're barred from the boardrooms and the golf clubs, we're not even entitled to use the same language. It wouldn't work at all. And clearly you can't be angry, you can't be aggressive."
Research from the nonpartisan Barbara Lee Family Foundation shows that women in politics have to be likable to get a person's vote, but men don't need to be liked to be elected. Qualities such as ambition and assertiveness, which are lauded in male leaders, are the very things that make women less likable, and therefore less electable.
After Sen. Kamala Harris challenged Biden over his past opposition to federal busing policy in a Democratic primary debate in June 2019, some Biden allies later suggested she was too ambitious to be his vice president, a charge gender experts say would never have been levied against a man.
And it's not just gender identity that comes into play on the debate stage and in voters' choices.
"Double standards and stereotypes play out whenever diverse identities come together. Is a woman 'emotional,' or a black man 'angry,' while a white male is 'passionate'?" Harvard Business Review wrote in 2019.
A performance of masculinity
Men are frequently called upon to perform their masculinity – in the military, in fraternities, in politics, in relationships – and gender experts say Tuesday's debate was no exception.
"It was an exercise in masculine dominance," said CJ Pascoe, a professor at the University of Oregon and author of "Exploring Masculinities." "Trump walked in and said, 'The rules don't apply to me. The moderator can't tell me what to do. Biden can't tell me what to do. Tradition can't tell me what to do.' ... I think what Trump has been able to do is embody this sort of culturally valued form of masculinity that is authoritative. There are people who listen to him and find that sort of masculine charisma intoxicating regardless of the content that follows."
APA: Psychologists call 'traditional masculinity' harmful
During the debate, Trump questioned Biden’s intellect and bragged about the size of his rallies. He attacked Biden's son Hunter, who has struggled with addiction.
But gender experts say Tuesday's debate also underscored the limitations of masculinity. Experts say that because of his gender and his race, Biden is likely used to being treated with respect. Trump's behavior appeared to throw him, in part because he had a limited number of of acceptable masculine responses to deal with Trump's behavior, experts say.
"We tend to talk about toxic masculinity as bad for women. And I think that part of the message that hasn't gotten across is a recognition of how bad toxic masculinity is for men," Williams said. "So Biden was completely caught in a double bind where he had been goaded beforehand about being 'Sleepy Joe,' and so he knew he had to in some way come out swinging. But his two choices were to look like a woman, effeminate, totally unacceptable, or to be as low as Trump would go, which also doesn't look very good."
Biden did, however, call Trump a "clown," a liar, and the "worst president" in American history.
A year after the election, in her book about her time on the campaign trail, Clinton said that her "skin crawled" as Trump loomed behind her during the debate, but she kept her cool because of "a lifetime of dealing with difficult men trying to throw me off."
She envisioned, in a different world, what she might have said instead: "Back up, you creep. Get away from me. I know you love to intimidate women, but you can't intimidate me.'"
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usatoday--2020-10-01--New California law, the first of its kind, requires racial diversity on corporate boards of director

California Gov .
Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring publicly traded corporations headquartered in California to appoint directors from underrepresented communities to their boards , the first law in the country to dictate the racial make-up of corporate boards .
It was inspired by first-of-its-kind legislation in 2018 that requires publicly held corporations headquartered in the state to diversify their all-male boards .
It has faced legal challenges from conservative groups .
“ When we talk about racial justice , we talk about power and needing to have seats at the table , ” the governor said during a press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the death of George Floyd prompted pledges from corporate America to close the racial gap .
Yet a recent study by USA TODAY found that less than 2 % of top executives at the 50 largest companies are Black .
# MeToo for the boardroom : California gender diversity law could lead to more women quotas nationally Race in corporate America : Why are there still so few Black executives ?
“ The new law represents a big step forward for racial equity , ” one of the bill ’ s authors Assemblyman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said in a statement .
“ While some corporations were already leading the way to combat implicit bias , now , all of California ’ s corporate boards will better reflect the diversity of our state.
” Holden says research shows that public support for social justice often does not lead to lasting reforms needed to boost hiring and retention .
The legislation he co-authored would require people from “ underrepresented communities ” to have at least one seat on corporate boards in California by the end of 2021 .
In 2022 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must have at least two members from an underrepresented community and boards with nine or more people must have at least three .
Companies that don ’ t comply could face stiff fines .
Underrepresented communities are defined as people who identify as Black , Latino , Native American , Asian American , Pacific Islander , native Hawaiian or native Alaskan .
Companies can also appoint directors who identify as gay , lesbian , bisexual or transgender .
The legislation did not draw significant opposition .
No major groups were listed as opponents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bill , saying `` it violates the Equal Protection Clauses of the U.S. and California Constitutions and the Commerce Clause of the U.S .
Constitution . ''
Harmeet Dhillon , an attorney and founder and CEO of the Center for American Liberty , called the new law a tax on California corporations .
“ From a civil rights perspective and a corporate governance perspective , we ought to be encouraging corporations to have the best and brightest directors and that is really a function of the constituents of the corporation which are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ For the state to impose that seems well beyond the state ’ s appropriate role , ” she said .
“ I don ’ t know what the governor and his woke agenda have to do with shareholders ’ interest .
In fact , those are diametrically opposed in California.
” Decades after the Civil Rights movement led to laws banning workplace discrimination , progress in diversifying boardrooms and executive suites has stalled .
Of the 279 top executives at the nation ’ s 50 largest companies , only five , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two who recently retired , the USA TODAY analysis found .
Many of these corporations are still led by all-white executives in the top five slots – the CEO , the chief financial officer and three other top-paid executives .
An analysis released by the Latino Corporate Directors Association in July found that 87 % of public companies headquartered in the state have no Latinos on their boards even though 39 % of residents are Latino .
Only 16 % of the companies had at least one Black board member .
The 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boards did not advantage women of color , with nearly 78 % of the women appointed to these boards are white women , the association said .
Assemblymember Cristina Garcia , a Democrat from Bell Gardens , said California could no longer wait for corporations to take on that lack of diversity on their own .
“ We need more diversity in corporate America , ” she tweeted Wednesday .
“ Gov .
Newsom ’ s signature helps bust open the door for many qualified folks .
”

New California law, the first of its kind, requires racial diversity on corporate boards of directors
Show Caption Hide Caption Corporate racism: Not enough Black executives in American businesses Companies across the country have been speaking out against racism, but less than 2% of top executives at 50 largest companies are Black. USA TODAY
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring publicly traded corporations headquartered in California to appoint directors from underrepresented communities to their boards, the first law in the country to dictate the racial makeup of corporate boards.
It was inspired by first-of-its-kind legislation in 2018 that requires publicly held corporations headquartered in the state to diversify their all-male boards. It has faced legal challenges from conservative groups.
“When we talk about racial justice, we talk about power and needing to have seats at the table,” the governor said during a press conference on Wednesday.
Nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd prompted pledges from corporate America to close the racial gap. Yet a recent study by USA TODAY found that less than 2% of top executives at the 50 largest companies are Black.
#MeToo for the boardroom: California gender diversity law could lead to more women quotas nationally
Race in corporate America: Why are there still so few Black executives?
“The new law represents a big step forward for racial equity,” one of the bill’s authors Assemblyman Chris Holden, a Democrat from Pasadena, said in a statement. “While some corporations were already leading the way to combat implicit bias, now, all of California’s corporate boards will better reflect the diversity of our state.”
Holden says research shows that public support for social justice often does not lead to lasting reforms needed to boost hiring and retention.
The legislation he co-authored would require people from “underrepresented communities” to have at least one seat on corporate boards in California by the end of 2021.
In 2022, boards with four to nine people must have at least two members from an underrepresented community and boards with nine or more people must have at least three. Companies that don’t comply could face stiff fines.
Underrepresented communities are defined as people who identify as Black, Latino, Native American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Natives. Companies can also appoint directors who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
The legislation did not draw significant opposition. No major groups were listed as opponents. Corporate attorney Keith Bishop testified against the bill, saying "it violates the Equal Protection Clauses of the U.S. and California Constitutions and the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution."
Harmeet Dhillon, an attorney and founder and CEO of the Center for American Liberty, called the new law a tax on California corporations.
“From a civil rights perspective and a corporate governance perspective, we ought to be encouraging corporations to have the best and brightest directors and that is really a function of the constituents of the corporation which are the shareholders,” Dhillon said.
“For the state to impose that seems well beyond the state’s appropriate role,” she said. “I don’t know what the governor and his woke agenda have to do with shareholders’ interest. In fact, those are diametrically opposed in California.”
Decades after the Civil Rights movement led to laws banning workplace discrimination, progress in diversifying boardrooms and executive suites has stalled.
Of the 279 top executives at the nation’s 50 largest companies, only five, or 1.8%, were Black, including two who recently retired, the USA TODAY analysis found. Many of these corporations are still led by all-white executives in the top five slots – the CEO, the chief financial officer and three other top-paid executives.
An analysis released by the Latino Corporate Directors Association in July found that 87% of public companies headquartered in the state have no Latinos on their boards even though 39% of residents are Latino. Only 16% of the companies had at least one Black board member.
The 2018 law requiring corporations to add women to boards did not advantage women of color, with nearly 78% of the women appointed to these boards are white women, the association said.
Assemblymember Cristina Garcia, a Democrat from Bell Gardens, said California could no longer wait for corporations to take on that lack of diversity on their own.
YES 🙌🏽 AB 979 finally got signed. We need more diversity in corporate America; Gov. Newsom’s signature helps bust open the door for many qualified folks. Great step forward. Looking forward to building on this next year to ensure we have diversity & inclusion at all levels 💪🏽. pic.twitter.com/5g7DBPSlVK — Cristina Garcia (@AsmGarcia) September 30, 2020
“We need more diversity in corporate America,” she tweeted Wednesday. “Gov. Newsom’s signature helps bust open the door for many qualified folks.”


usatoday--2020-09-30--Former FBI Director James Comey defends Russia investigation, concedes on Carter Page

Former FBI Director James Comey , whose 2017 dismissal by President Donald Trump unleashed a broader investigation into the Trump campaign 's ties to Russia led by special counsel Robert Mueller , on Wednesday defended the inquiry that he initially helped launched as `` essential . ''
`` Overall , I 'm proud of the work , '' Comey told a Republican-led Senate panel investigating the government 's early handling of the Russia investigation that shadowed much of Trump 's presidency .
At the same time , the former director also conceded that there were `` significant and important failings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of surveillance authority to track former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page , as part of the investigation .
Pressed repeatedly by Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee , Comey said he would not have approved multiple wiretap applications targeting Page had he known that the requests filed with the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court had been rife with error , as determined last year by the Justice Department 's inspector general .
Nevertheless , Comey said the flawed warrant represented a `` far less important '' part of the overall investigation that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's firing as part of an effort by Trump to obstruct the inquiry .
Comey , whose firing has since become the subject of a memoir and television drama , is the third high-profile witness in the Senate Judiciary Committee 's inquiry , which has cast the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election as a politically motivated operation to undermine candidate Trump and later the Trump presidency .
On Wednesday , Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham , R-S.C. , seized on the Page surveillance warrant , suggesting that the FBI and Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that should have raised questions about the basis for seeking the Page wiretap .
Leveling criticism directly at Comey , who appeared via video , Graham said it was `` astounding '' that the FBI director was unaware of the investigation 's shortcomings , suggesting that the director was `` clueless . ''
The Justice Department 's inspector general 's findings led to the prosecution of a former FBI lawyer who last month pleaded guilty to falsifying an email used to support the surveillance request .
Federal authorities also used an unverified dossier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activities in Moscow , to support the warrant application .
When the FBI obtained the dossier in September 2016 , compiled by a former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele , Comey told lawmakers he was unaware Steele 's primary source was a suspected Russian agent .
The abuses uncovered by the inspector general , Graham said Wednesday , have `` shaken '' confidence in the system .
But the same inspector general 's report also concluded that the Russia investigation was justified and was not influenced by political bias .
Graham has cast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day of reckoning '' in the Senate inquiry .
Lawmakers already have heard testimony from former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein , who appointed Mueller to lead the 22-month Russia probe , and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates , who first warned the Trump administration that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had lied to Vice President Mike Pence about his early contacts with Russia .
Republican members joined Graham in blasting Comey 's initial oversight of the investigation , with Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , pointedly calling the Russia inquiry `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ R-La.
, called Comey an `` equal opportunity egotist '' for his public roles in managing both the Trump inquiry and the Hillary Clinton email investigation , that was briefly re-opened in the days before the 2016 election .
Trump entered the fray via Twitter on Wednesday , referring to Comey as a `` LIAR !
!
! ''
and saying he `` should be arrested on the spot ! ''
The stream of broadsides came just hours after the rancorous Tuesday night presidential debate where Trump insulted and interrupted his way through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden , who referred to the president as `` a clown '' and implored him to `` shut up . ''
Committee Democrats , including Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy , meanwhile described the Senate hearing as `` a political errand for Trump 's re-election effort '' just weeks before Election Day .
`` We should n't be debasing ourselves this way , '' Leahy said .
'No such thing happened ' : Former acting AG Sally Yates says Obama , Biden did not urge Flynn inquiry ' I 'm accountable ' : Ex-deputy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probe but accepts flaws in FBI surveillance Comey 's firing has reverberated for years , starting with Trump 's acknowledgment that he took the action because of the FBI chief 's handling of the Russia investigation and the president 's connection to it .
Within weeks of Comey 's dismissal , Rosenstein appointed Mueller , paving the way for the special counsel 's wide-ranging investigation .
In explosive testimony a month after his dismissal , Comey told a separate Senate committee that he had memorialized conversations with Trump during the early days of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requested the FBI director 's personal `` loyalty '' and asked him to drop the investigation into Flynn 's contacts with the Russian ambassador .
More : DOJ declines prosecution of ex-FBI Director James Comey for leaked Trump memos , found he violated policy The memos are the heart of a television miniseries , titled `` The Comey Rule , '' that made its debut earlier this week .
Graham 's committee also has cast a spotlight on the FBI 's handling of the Flynn investigation , suggesting that the bureau sought to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first national security adviser would later plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak .
Flynn moved to withdraw that guilty plea in January , claiming the government had breached the plea agreement .
While Flynn awaited sentencing , the Justice Department in May abruptly abandoned the prosecution over the objection of career prosecutors .
The move was challenged by the sentencing judge , who has since asked a federal appeals court to reconsider Justice 's decision , leaving the retired Army lieutenant general 's fate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first pleaded guilty .
Before Graham adjourned Wednesday 's hearing , he challenged Comey 's earlier assertion that the overall Russia investigation was conducted `` by the book . ''
Comey gave no ground , saying that `` in the main , '' the inquiry was proper , prompting another flourish from the chairman .
`` God help us all if this was done by the book , '' Graham said .
`` If this is by the book , we need to rewrite the book . ''

Former FBI Director James Comey defends Russia investigation, concedes on Carter Page
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Former FBI Director James Comey, whose 2017 dismissal by President Donald Trump unleashed a broader investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia led by special counsel Robert Mueller, on Wednesday defended the inquiry that he initially helped launched as "essential."
"Overall, I'm proud of the work," Comey told a Republican-led Senate panel investigating the government's early handling of the Russia investigation that shadowed much of Trump's presidency.
At the same time, the former director also conceded that there were "significant and important failings" in the bureau's repeated pursuit of surveillance authority to track former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, as part of the investigation.
Pressed repeatedly by Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Comey said he would not have approved multiple wiretap applications targeting Page had he known that the requests filed with the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court had been rife with error, as determined last year by the Justice Department's inspector general.
Nevertheless, Comey said the flawed warrant represented a "far less important" part of the overall investigation that went on to review the former director's firing as part of an effort by Trump to obstruct the inquiry.
Comey, whose firing has since become the subject of a memoir and television drama, is the third high-profile witness in the Senate Judiciary Committee's inquiry, which has cast the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election as a politically motivated operation to undermine candidate Trump and later the Trump presidency.
On Wednesday, Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., seized on the Page surveillance warrant, suggesting that the FBI and Obama Justice Department turned its back on information that should have raised questions about the basis for seeking the Page wiretap.
Leveling criticism directly at Comey, who appeared via video, Graham said it was "astounding" that the FBI director was unaware of the investigation's shortcomings, suggesting that the director was "clueless."
The Justice Department's inspector general's findings led to the prosecution of a former FBI lawyer who last month pleaded guilty to falsifying an email used to support the surveillance request. Federal authorities also used an unverified dossier, purporting to chronicle Trump's past activities in Moscow, to support the warrant application.
When the FBI obtained the dossier in September 2016, compiled by a former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele, Comey told lawmakers he was unaware Steele's primary source was a suspected Russian agent.
The abuses uncovered by the inspector general, Graham said Wednesday, have "shaken" confidence in the system. But the same inspector general's report also concluded that the Russia investigation was justified and was not influenced by political bias.
Comey: Trump would be charged with obstruction if he was not president Former FBI Director James Comey said President Trump would've been charged with obstruction if he wasn't president, during a CNN town hall broadcast. USA TODAY
Graham has cast Comey's voluntary appearance as "the day of reckoning" in the Senate inquiry. Lawmakers already have heard testimony from former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller to lead the 22-month Russia probe, and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who first warned the Trump administration that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had lied to Vice President Mike Pence about his early contacts with Russia.
Republican members joined Graham in blasting Comey's initial oversight of the investigation, with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pointedly calling the Russia inquiry "corrupt."
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., called Comey an "equal opportunity egotist" for his public roles in managing both the Trump inquiry and the Hillary Clinton email investigation, that was briefly re-opened in the days before the 2016 election.
Trump entered the fray via Twitter on Wednesday, referring to Comey as a "LIAR!!!" and saying he "should be arrested on the spot!"
The stream of broadsides came just hours after the rancorous Tuesday night presidential debate where Trump insulted and interrupted his way through a 90-minute clash with Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who referred to the president as "a clown" and implored him to "shut up."
Committee Democrats, including Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, meanwhile described the Senate hearing as "a political errand for Trump's re-election effort" just weeks before Election Day.
"We shouldn't be debasing ourselves this way," Leahy said.
'No such thing happened': Former acting AG Sally Yates says Obama, Biden did not urge Flynn inquiry
'I'm accountable': Ex-deputy AG Rod Rosenstein defends oversight of Russia probe but accepts flaws in FBI surveillance
Comey's firing has reverberated for years, starting with Trump's acknowledgment that he took the action because of the FBI chief's handling of the Russia investigation and the president's connection to it.
Within weeks of Comey's dismissal, Rosenstein appointed Mueller, paving the way for the special counsel's wide-ranging investigation.
In explosive testimony a month after his dismissal, Comey told a separate Senate committee that he had memorialized conversations with Trump during the early days of the administration in which the president allegedly requested the FBI director's personal "loyalty" and asked him to drop the investigation into Flynn's contacts with the Russian ambassador.
More: DOJ declines prosecution of ex-FBI Director James Comey for leaked Trump memos, found he violated policy
The memos are the heart of a television miniseries, titled "The Comey Rule," that made its debut earlier this week.
Graham's committee also has cast a spotlight on the FBI's handling of the Flynn investigation, suggesting that the bureau sought to unfairly target Flynn. The administration's first national security adviser would later plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Flynn moved to withdraw that guilty plea in January, claiming the government had breached the plea agreement.
While Flynn awaited sentencing, the Justice Department in May abruptly abandoned the prosecution over the objection of career prosecutors. The move was challenged by the sentencing judge, who has since asked a federal appeals court to reconsider Justice's decision, leaving the retired Army lieutenant general's fate uncertain, nearly three years after he first pleaded guilty.
Before Graham adjourned Wednesday's hearing, he challenged Comey's earlier assertion that the overall Russia investigation was conducted "by the book."
Comey gave no ground, saying that "in the main," the inquiry was proper, prompting another flourish from the chairman.
"God help us all if this was done by the book," Graham said. "If this is by the book, we need to rewrite the book."


usatoday--2020-10-01--In California wine country, wildfire-fatigued residents weigh the unthinkable: Moving out

SANTA ROSA , Calif. – Robert Hayden and his wife , Alla , have lived in the Spring Lake Village retirement community of Santa Rosa for 10 years and love its beautiful grounds almost as much as the plethora of interesting people they ’ ve met there – retired doctors , musicians , pilots , writers and executives .
On Sunday , the Haydens were among the approximately 450 Village residents forced to leave their homes as the fast-moving Glass Fire approached .
It was the second time in recent years they ’ d gone through that drill , after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that killed 22 people and destroyed 5,600 structures .
Though Hayden said the residents were better-prepared this time , the evacuation was still stressful .
“ We went outside , the sky was all orange and the air was filled with ash , ’ ’ Hayden said as he sat in his motorized scooter outside the Petaluma Community Center , about 20 miles south of his cottage .
“ It accumulated on my jacket .
I think I still have remnants.
’ ’ At 98 , the longtime San Francisco Bay Area resident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he senses a growing frustration among fellow members of the community who are fed up with living under the constant threat of wildfires this time of year .
Last month , some of the same 70,000 people under evacuation orders Tuesday in Napa and Sonoma counties were displaced by a lightning-sparked blaze that became the fourth-largest fire in state history .
The thought of leaving the picturesque wine country , with its abundant top-notch restaurants and pleasant weather , is not typically tempting for those who can afford to live in the area @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for many if the quick-striking wildfires continue to ignite regularly in a region that has grown increasingly dry with climate change .
“ I see it in Spring Lakers .
They ’ re beginning to move out , ’ ’ Hayden said .
“ I think there ’ s going to be an increased trend of Northern Californians moving to less fire-prone areas.
’ ’ 'Like God has no sympathy ' : Crews struggle with deadly wildfires racing through Northern California , wine country It would be hard to blame them after watching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than 8,100 wildfires in the state this year , which have charred a record 3.8 million acres .
Two years ago , the Butte County town of Paradise farther northeast was virtually wiped out by the Camp Fire , which killed 85 people .
Even infernos with considerably less tragic consequences , like the so-far nonlethal Glass Fire , bring on enormous disruption .
Cal Fire said the blaze had destroyed 97 homes and businesses and incinerated 48,440 acres .
It was only 2 % contained as of Wednesday afternoon .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racing through California since Sunday .
The other , the Zogg Fire , has burned through 51,955 acres near Redding and left three four dead .
Luis Garcia Ochoa and his sister Margarita Garcia live three blocks from each other in Calistoga , a Napa County town that was evacuated Monday night .
They received cellphone alerts at 5 a.m. and said this was a closer call than the 2017 fires , which did more damage in Santa Rosa .
“ It was frightening , ’ ’ said Margarita , a winery worker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is sheltering at her daughter ’ s one-bedroom apartment .
“ Plus , my mother ’ s 89 and we had to pack up her oxygen and her medications .
We couldn ’ t stay any longer because of the smoke and the flames , which were already close.
’ ’ Martha McAllister , also a resident of Spring Lake Village , got an alert late at night Sunday and had just a few minutes to get ready to leave .
McAllister , 90 , was eventually bused to the shelter in Petaluma @ @ @ @ @ @ @ epitome of someone who ’ s put together , and she came out here in her bathrobe covered with ash , ’ ’ said her daughter Stephanie McAllister , who had run out to buy her mother some clothes .
“ She ’ d been up all night.
’ ’ Like the Haydens , Martha McAllister said she knew of Village residents planning to move away , but she had invested too much money on her entry fee into the community to pull up stakes .
Plus , her daughter and granddaughter live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Finley Community Center in Santa Rosa with his wife , Linda , and 3-year-old boxer , Cocoa , said he refuses to believe this is the new normal .
As with other locals , this is their second evacuation since 2017 , although last time it was only for one day and their house was not damaged .
This time they had to rush out more quickly and forgot their computer – with family photos , insurance information and financial records .
“ We don ’ t know at this point whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t know if we would rebuild here .
Probably not , ’ ’ said Weathers , 79 , who has managed to keep his sense of humor intact .
“ People , myself included , keep joking : ‘ Where are the locusts ?
They ’ re coming.
’ ’ ’ Shortly after checking in with his wife at the well-regarded Finley facility , Luis Villanueva recalled the 2017 fires as a “ punch in the face ’ ’ to residents who felt relatively safe from the flames .
This year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home : A friend from work had his house burn down .
Fires rage : At least 35 dead as nearly 100 wildfires continue to rage across 12 Western states An electrical engineer by profession , Villanueva takes an analytical approach to the threat of fires , keeping track of them and realizing the encroachment of developments into wildlands is part of the reason they have proliferated in populated areas .
But his wife , Ana Maria , who uses a walker , is not thinking in those terms , and he acknowledges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ’ after they had to leave their Santa Rosa house of 18 years under evacuation orders .
She knows of plenty others who feel the same way .
“ All of my wife ’ s friends are talking about how this is it , they ’ re going to move out , but most of them don ’ t , ’ ’ Villanueva said .
“ It ’ s human nature .
A week after , two weeks after , I think you appreciate life better , and then they forget .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @

In California wine country, wildfire-fatigued residents weigh the unthinkable: Moving out
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Robert Hayden and his wife, Alla, have lived in the Spring Lake Village retirement community of Santa Rosa for 10 years and love its beautiful grounds almost as much as the plethora of interesting people they’ve met there – retired doctors, musicians, pilots, writers and executives.
On Sunday, the Haydens were among the approximately 450 Village residents forced to leave their homes as the fast-moving Glass Fire approached. It was the second time in recent years they’d gone through that drill, after fleeing the October 2017 wine country fires that killed 22 people and destroyed 5,600 structures. Though Hayden said the residents were better-prepared this time, the evacuation was still stressful.
“We went outside, the sky was all orange and the air was filled with ash,’’ Hayden said as he sat in his motorized scooter outside the Petaluma Community Center, about 20 miles south of his cottage. “It accumulated on my jacket. I think I still have remnants.’’
At 98, the longtime San Francisco Bay Area resident has no plans to relocate, but he senses a growing frustration among fellow members of the community who are fed up with living under the constant threat of wildfires this time of year.
Last month, some of the same 70,000 people under evacuation orders Tuesday in Napa and Sonoma counties were displaced by a lightning-sparked blaze that became the fourth-largest fire in state history.
'Like God has no sympathy': Crews struggle with deadly wildfires racing through Northern California, wine country
The thought of leaving the picturesque wine country, with its abundant top-notch restaurants and pleasant weather, is not typically tempting for those who can afford to live in the area. But the notion may become inevitable for many if the quick-striking wildfires continue to ignite regularly in a region that has grown increasingly dry with climate change.
“I see it in Spring Lakers. They’re beginning to move out,’’ Hayden said. “I think there’s going to be an increased trend of Northern Californians moving to less fire-prone areas.’’
It would be hard to blame them after watching the region bear the brunt of the more than 8,100 wildfires in the state this year, which have charred a record 3.8 million acres. Two years ago, the Butte County town of Paradise farther northeast was virtually wiped out by the Camp Fire, which killed 85 people.
Even infernos with considerably less tragic consequences, like the so-far nonlethal Glass Fire, bring on enormous disruption. Cal Fire said the blaze had destroyed 204 homes and businesses and incinerated 51,266 acres. It was only 2% contained as of Wednesday night.
The Glass Fire is one of two blazes racing through California since Sunday. The other, the Zogg Fire, has burned through 55,046 acres near Redding and left four dead. Containment was at 9% on Wednesday night.
Worse, fire officials fear the Zogg Fire may merge with the August Complex, already the largest blaze in state history, creating a megafire of more than 1 million acres.
The lightning-caused August Complex has blackened 949,672 acres since igniting in mid-August in neighboring Tehama County.
"It's something we're looking at, especially with the weather that's coming," Zogg Fire incident commander Sean Kavanaugh said Wednesday.
'Scared to death': Californians share their wildfire evacuation stories
Luis Garcia Ochoa and his sister Margarita Garcia live three blocks from each other in Calistoga, a Napa County town that was evacuated Monday night. They received cellphone alerts at 5 a.m. and said this was a closer call than the 2017 fires, which did more damage in Santa Rosa.
“It was frightening,’’ said Margarita, a winery worker who along with four other family members is sheltering at her daughter’s one-bedroom apartment. “Plus, my mother’s 89 and we had to pack up her oxygen and her medications. We couldn’t stay any longer because of the smoke and the flames, which were already close.’’
Heartbreaking images: Photos show Glass Fire's devastating impact on Chateau Boswell winery in California's Napa Valley
Martha McAllister, also a resident of Spring Lake Village, got an alert late at night Sunday and had just a few minutes to get ready to leave. McAllister, 90, was eventually bused to the shelter in Petaluma.
“Normally she’s the epitome of someone who’s put together, and she came out here in her bathrobe covered with ash,’’ said her daughter Stephanie McAllister, who had run out to buy her mother some clothes. “She’d been up all night.’’
Like the Haydens, Martha McAllister said she knew of Village residents planning to move away, but she had invested too much money on her entry fee into the community to pull up stakes. Plus, her daughter and granddaughter live nearby.
James Weathers, sheltering at the Finley Community Center in Santa Rosa with his wife, Linda, and 3-year-old boxer, Cocoa, said he refuses to believe this is the new normal. As with other locals, this is their second evacuation since 2017, although last time it was only for one day and their house was not damaged.
This time they had to rush out more quickly and forgot their computer – with family photos, insurance information and financial records.
“We don’t know at this point whether our house is still there. I don’t know if we would rebuild here. Probably not,’’ said Weathers, 79, who has managed to keep his sense of humor intact.
“People, myself included, keep joking: ‘Where are the locusts? They’re coming.’’’
Shortly after checking in with his wife at the well-regarded Finley facility, Luis Villanueva recalled the 2017 fires as a “punch in the face’’ to residents who felt relatively safe from the flames. This year’s blaze has hit closer to home: A friend from work had his house burn down.
Fires rage: At least 35 dead as nearly 100 wildfires continue to rage across 12 Western states
An electrical engineer by profession, Villanueva takes an analytical approach to the threat of fires, keeping track of them and realizing the encroachment of developments into wildlands is part of the reason they have proliferated in populated areas.
But his wife, Ana Maria, who uses a walker, is not thinking in those terms, and he acknowledges “she’s scared to death’’ after they had to leave their Santa Rosa house of 18 years under evacuation orders. She knows of plenty others who feel the same way.
“All of my wife’s friends are talking about how this is it, they’re going to move out, but most of them don’t,’’ Villanueva said. “It’s human nature. A week after, two weeks after, I think you appreciate life better, and then they forget. Until the next warning.’’
Contributing: Mike Chapman, Redding (Calif.) Record Searchlight; The Associated Press


usatoday--2020-09-30--Trump-Biden brawl in Cleveland prompts debate commission to consider format changes

WASHINGTON – High school teacher James Miller was skeptical about tuning in to Tuesday 's debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden , but his wife convinced him to watch .
Now he regrets turning on the television .
`` It was a brawl , it was not a debate , '' Miller , 49 , former debate coach at duPont Manual High School in Louisville , Kentucky , told USA TODAY .
`` It was two old guys arguing at the back table in the bar .
`` As somebody who teaches persuasion , rhetoric and debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
Widespread criticism of the raucous confrontation in Cleveland prompted the Commission on Presidential Debates to announce that it would be adding `` additional tools '' to the two remaining encounters between the White House contenders to prevent a repeat of the chaos .
More : Chris Wallace lost control of the Trump-Biden debate on a historically bad night of TV '' Last night ’ s debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planners said they were `` carefully considering '' changes and would announce them shortly .
The second of three debates between Trump and Biden is scheduled for Oct. 15 in Miami .
Biden 's supporters want future moderators to be able to shut off microphones to prevent Trump from talking over his opponent .
The president 's allies took umbrage over Biden 's performance , too .
The former vice president called the president a `` clown '' and told him to `` shut up '' as Trump jabbed at him .
More @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ? '
: Testy exchanges on health care , Supreme Court among debate top moments Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said any changes would treat the president unfairly .
`` They ’ re only doing this because their guy got pummeled last night , '' he said in a statement .
`` President Trump was the dominant force and now Joe Biden is trying to work the refs .
They shouldn ’ t be moving the goalposts and changing the rules in the middle of the game.
” At the Cleveland debate , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tried in vain to prevent continuous interruptions , more of them by Trump than Biden .
The two candidates interrupted either Wallace ’ s questions or their opponent ’ s 93 times in the 90-minute debate , according to the Washington Post .
Trump was responsible for 71 of them , compared to Biden ’ s 22 .
`` I have no idea who won this debate .
But I do know we 're all worse off because of it , '' Todd Graham , director of debate at Southern Illinois University and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the year , wrote in a column for CNN .
`` There are too many life-changing issues for Americans that ought to have been discussed ( like , for example , a substantive exploration of the purported topics of this debate , which fell away or got systematically scrambled in the cacophony of chatter the President directed at his frustrated adversary ) , '' Graham wrote .
The Miami debate will take the form of a town hall meeting , in which the questions will be posed by citizens from the South Florida @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minutes to respond to each question and there will be an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate further discussion , according to the commission .
But Wallace had trouble keeping both candidates , especially Trump , on any kind of clock .
When Wallace asked Trump to stop interrupting , the president claimed Biden was interrupting , too .
More : ' I guess I 'm debating you ' : Trump and moderator Chris Wallace clash in raucous debate '' Frankly , you ’ ve been doing more interrupting , ” Wallace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president if he would like to change seats and become the moderator .
On Wednesday , Wallace told The New York Times he 's not keen on cutting off microphones , saying it wo n't stop one candidate from being disruptive to another sharing the same stage .
Wallace said he was `` disappointed '' how the debate spun out of control `` because it could have been a much more useful evening than it turned out to be.
” Republican Sen. Pat Toomey , of Pennsylvania , said Wednesday he does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might be contemplating will do much to rein in the cross-talk or the interruptions .
`` I 'm not sure there 's a format change that solves that problem , '' he told reporters on Capitol Hill .
Former New Jersey Gov .
Chris Christie , who helped the president prepare for the debate , said on ABC News that he thought Trump showed too much `` heat . ''
`` I think it was the right thing to be aggressive but that was too hot .
I think what happens is with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light .
That potentially can be fixed .
Maybe .
Maybe not .
We 'll have to see , '' he said .
Christie also critiqued Biden 's performance , saying the former vice president appeared to lose steam over the course of the hour and a half debate .
Echoing Trump 's criticisms of Biden , the former governor questioned if the Democratic contender , who is 77 years old , had the stamina to do the job .
`` Because if you 're not up to being able to stand there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , people are going to wonder whether you 'll be able to do that when you 're sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office , '' Christie said .
Some of Trump 's supporters criticized Wallace , saying the Fox News host was helping bail out Biden at key moments in the debate .
`` Hard to believe how biased ( and ) corrupt Chris Wallace was last night , '' Wayne Allyn Root , a conservative radio host and author , said in a tweet on Wednesday .
`` Subtle but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Trump ) had Biden on ropes and about to self-destruct , Wallace either rudely interrupted Trump , or demanded topic be changed .
Disgraceful . ''
Others criticized Wallace 's inability to control Trump and stop the president 's interruptions .
Near the end of the debate , he called the president out for not abiding by the two-minute response rule throughout the debate , which his campaign agreed to follow .
`` Why do n't you observe what your campaign agreed to as a ground rule , OK sir ? ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ high school teacher , said he is n't sure any moderator would have fared better but that Wallace failed as a journalist to ask important follow-up questions during the exchange , such as when Trump said the Proud Boys , which is classified as a hate group , should `` stand by '' in the face of civil unrest in U.S. cities .
Salvaging these forums in the future as an important venue for Americans to learn about White House candidates , Miller said .
Fixing the debate must start with addressing Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that at the very least the organizers must give the moderator the power to mute a candidate or TV director the instructions to switch the camera off one candidate when the other is speaking .
`` When you 've got a bull in a China shop the question is n't how do you redesign the China shop , '' Miller said .
`` The question is how did the bull get in here in the first place and what can we do to make sure he does n't destroy it the next @ @ @

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Trump-Biden brawl in Cleveland prompts debate commission to consider format changes
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WASHINGTON – High school teacher James Miller was skeptical about tuning in to Tuesday's debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, but his wife convinced him to watch.
Now he regrets turning on the television.
"It was a brawl, it was not a debate," Miller, 49, former debate coach at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, told USA TODAY. "It was two old guys arguing at the back table in the bar. "As somebody who teaches persuasion, rhetoric and debate, that was definitely not a debate."
Widespread criticism of the raucous confrontation in Cleveland prompted the Commission on Presidential Debates to announce that it would be adding "additional tools" to the two remaining encounters between the White House contenders to prevent a repeat of the chaos.
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"Last night’s debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues," the commission said.
The debate planners said they were "carefully considering" changes and would announce them shortly.
The second of three debates between Trump and Biden is scheduled for Oct. 15 in Miami.
Biden's supporters want future moderators to be able to shut off microphones to prevent Trump from talking over his opponent. The president's allies took umbrage over Biden's performance, too. The former vice president called the president a "clown" and told him to "shut up" as Trump jabbed at him.
More: 'Will you shut up, man?': Testy exchanges on health care, Supreme Court among debate top moments
Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said any changes would treat the president unfairly.
"They’re only doing this because their guy got pummeled last night," he said in a statement. "President Trump was the dominant force and now Joe Biden is trying to work the refs. They shouldn’t be moving the goalposts and changing the rules in the middle of the game.”
At the Cleveland debate, moderator Chris Wallace of FOX News often tried in vain to prevent continuous interruptions, more of them by Trump than Biden.
The two candidates interrupted either Wallace’s questions or their opponent’s 93 times in the 90-minute debate, according to the Washington Post. Trump was responsible for 71 of them, compared to Biden’s 22.
"I have no idea who won this debate. But I do know we're all worse off because of it," Todd Graham, director of debate at Southern Illinois University and a three-time national college debate coach of the year, wrote in a column for CNN.
"There are too many life-changing issues for Americans that ought to have been discussed (like, for example, a substantive exploration of the purported topics of this debate, which fell away or got systematically scrambled in the cacophony of chatter the President directed at his frustrated adversary)," Graham wrote.
The Miami debate will take the form of a town hall meeting, in which the questions will be posed by citizens from the South Florida area.
Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to each question and there will be an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate further discussion, according to the commission.
But Wallace had trouble keeping both candidates, especially Trump, on any kind of clock. When Wallace asked Trump to stop interrupting, the president claimed Biden was interrupting, too.
More: 'I guess I'm debating you': Trump and moderator Chris Wallace clash in raucous debate
"Frankly, you’ve been doing more interrupting,” Wallace told Trump, at one time asking the president if he would like to change seats and become the moderator.
On Wednesday, Wallace told The New York Times he's not keen on cutting off microphones, saying it won't stop one candidate from being disruptive to another sharing the same stage.
Wallace said he was "disappointed" how the debate spun out of control "because it could have been a much more useful evening than it turned out to be.”
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, of Pennsylvania, said Wednesday he doesn't believe the format changes the commission might be contemplating will do much to rein in the cross-talk or the interruptions.
"I'm not sure there's a format change that solves that problem," he told reporters on Capitol Hill.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who helped the president prepare for the debate, said on ABC News that he thought Trump showed too much "heat."
"I think it was the right thing to be aggressive but that was too hot. I think what happens is with all that heat, you lose the light. That potentially can be fixed. Maybe. Maybe not. We'll have to see," he said.
Christie also critiqued Biden's performance, saying the former vice president appeared to lose steam over the course of the hour and a half debate. Echoing Trump's criticisms of Biden, the former governor questioned if the Democratic contender, who is 77 years old, had the stamina to do the job.
"Because if you're not up to being able to stand there for 90 minutes and be consistently coherent, people are going to wonder whether you'll be able to do that when you're sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office," Christie said.
Some of Trump's supporters criticized Wallace, saying the Fox News host was helping bail out Biden at key moments in the debate.
"Hard to believe how biased (and) corrupt Chris Wallace was last night," Wayne Allyn Root, a conservative radio host and author, said in a tweet on Wednesday. "Subtle but perfect partner for Biden. Every time (Trump) had Biden on ropes and about to self-destruct, Wallace either rudely interrupted Trump, or demanded topic be changed. Disgraceful."
Others criticized Wallace's inability to control Trump and stop the president's interruptions. Near the end of the debate, he called the president out for not abiding by the two-minute response rule throughout the debate, which his campaign agreed to follow.
"Why don't you observe what your campaign agreed to as a ground rule, OK sir?" Wallace asked.
Miller, the Kentucky high school teacher, said he isn't sure any moderator would have fared better but that Wallace failed as a journalist to ask important follow-up questions during the exchange, such as when Trump said the Proud Boys, which is classified as a hate group, should "stand by" in the face of civil unrest in U.S. cities.
Salvaging these forums in the future as an important venue for Americans to learn about White House candidates, Miller said.
Fixing the debate must start with addressing Trump's continuous interruptions, he said, and that at the very least the organizers must give the moderator the power to mute a candidate or TV director the instructions to switch the camera off one candidate when the other is speaking.
"When you've got a bull in a China shop the question isn't how do you redesign the China shop," Miller said. "The question is how did the bull get in here in the first place and what can we do to make sure he doesn't destroy it the next time?"


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Senate approves bill to avert government shutdown with just hours to spare, sending legislation to Trump

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Wednesday passed a spending measure to keep federal agencies running hours before the government was set to shut down .
The legislation will now head to President Donald Trump , who is expected to sign off on the bill .
The overwhelming 84 - 10 vote marked a bipartisan push to keep the government funded in the midst of a global pandemic that has left many Americans more reliant on the federal government .
The legislation passed just hours before the annual spending bill would expire at midnight , leaving federal agencies across the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extends government funding levels until Dec. 11 – a month after the election .
Lawmakers added last-minute pandemic relief funding before the bill was approved in the House Sept. 22 , which gave it bipartisan support .
The bill includes billions for a farm bailout program pushed by Republicans as farmers continue to be affected by the Trump administration 's trade policies and the pandemic 's impact on agriculture .
Democrats got more money – $ 8 billion – for pandemic food assistance programs for families .
More : House OKs spending bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government set to shutdown More : White House and Congress reach informal deal to avert government shutdown at end of month More : The battle in Congress to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg dashes hopes for a COVID-19 relief package The two additions marked the only pandemic-related relief in the bill .
Though pressure has mounted for Congress to pass more COVID-19 relief , lawmakers have been at an impasse for months over the size and scope of an aid bill .
Negotiations appeared all but dead , but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have restarted talks .
House Democrats introduced another coronavirus bill Monday with a $ 2 trillion price tag that is set to be approved by the chamber Wednesday evening .
It is not likely to be considered by the Republican-controlled Senate .
The last government shutdown from December 2018 to January 2019 was the longest on record , at 35 days .
Stemming from a standoff between Congress and the White House over funding for a wall along the southern U.S. border , it forced about 800,000 federal government workers to take furloughs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , professor of political science at George Washington University and a Brookings Institution senior fellow , said it would be a “ catastrophic blow ” to have a shutdown in the middle of the pandemic , especially if workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health were furloughed .
COVID-19 has taken more than 206,000 American lives .
“ Nobody really wants to be blamed for the government shutdown , ” especially so close to an election , she said .

Trump signs bipartisan legislation to avoid government shutdown through election
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan spending measure early Thursday morning to keep the federal government running until after the presidential election in November.
The Senate passed the bill with hours to spare before a government shutdown. Trump signed the bill minutes after returning from Minnesota, where he held a campaign rally.
The overwhelming 84-10 vote marked a bipartisan push to keep the government funded in the midst of a pandemic that has left many Americans more reliant on the federal government.
The legislation passed hours before the annual spending bill would expire at midnight, leaving federal agencies without money to operate. It extends government funding levels until Dec. 11 – a month after the election.
Lawmakers added last-minute pandemic relief funding before the bill was approved in the House Sept. 22, which gave it bipartisan support. The bill includes billions for a farm bailout program pushed by Republicans as farmers continue to be affected by the Trump administration's trade policies and the pandemic's impact on agriculture. Democrats got more money – $8 billion – for pandemic food assistance programs for families.
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The two additions marked the only pandemic-related relief in the bill. Though pressure has mounted for Congress to pass more COVID-19 relief, lawmakers have been at an impasse for months over the size and scope of an aid bill. Negotiations appeared all but dead, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have restarted talks.
House Democrats introduced another coronavirus bill Monday with a $2 trillion price tag. It is not likely to be considered by the Republican-controlled Senate.
The last government shutdown from December 2018 to January 2019 was the longest on record, at 35 days. Stemming from a standoff between Congress and the White House over funding for a wall along the southern U.S. border, it forced about 800,000 federal government workers to take furloughs or go without pay.
Sarah Binder, professor of political science at George Washington University and a Brookings Institution senior fellow, said it would be a “catastrophic blow” to have a shutdown in the middle of the pandemic, especially if workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health were furloughed. COVID-19 has taken more than 206,000 American lives.
“Nobody really wants to be blamed for the government shutdown,” especially so close to an election, she said.
Contributing: Nicholas Wu


usatoday--2020-09-30--Democrats postpone House vote on COVID-19 stimulus bill to give more time for negotiations

WASHINGTON — House Democrats postponed a vote Wednesday on a $ 2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill in the hopes a deal could be reached as negotiations drag on with the White House on a plan to help Americans struggling from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic .
The vote was postponed until Thursday to allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House negotiators more time to discuss a potential bipartisan deal , said a Democratic aide , who was unable to discuss internal deliberations publicly .
Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met at the Capitol Wednesday for their first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sides have been at an impasse for months over the size and scope of a COVID-19 relief bill , but rank-and-file members have pressured congressional leaders to get some sort of relief deal done by Election Day .
“ We made a lot of progress over the last few days , we still do n't have an agreement , but we have more work to do .
And we 're going to see where we end up , '' Mnuchin said Wednesday .
The House measure is a pared-down version of the legislation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It 's expected to pass the House , but will face opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate , where lawmakers have balked at a higher price tag for more relief .
House Democrats unveiled their proposal Monday , though House Republicans panned the bill as a “ socialist wish list ” and said they would oppose it .
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky. , told reporters Wednesday it would be `` outlandish '' to think Republicans would be on board with a $ 2 trillion bill , though he said he and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans .
`` I mean we had 52 out of 53 republicans willing to spend roughly a half a trillion dollars , '' McConnell added of a scaled-down $ 300 billion bill that was blocked in the Senate .
`` The thought that Senate Republicans would go up to 2.2 trillion is outlandish . ''
Pelosi said the vote , which was originally planned for Wednesday night , would `` formalize our proffer to Republicans in the negotiations . ''
Layoffs : Shell plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs as oil demand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to negotiate a deal over $ 1.5 trillion , Mnuchin said , “ We ’ re going to go back and do a little more work again.
” Many of the benefits Congress approved in the Spring to fight the economic impact of the virus have run out .
The $ 600 federal boost to unemployment benefits halted in July , a loan forgiveness program for small businesses expired , and airlines have warned of mass layoffs as their billions of dollars in federal payroll assistance expire on Oct. 1 .
More : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relief bill , unlikely to pass in Senate More : Trump says he does n't know Proud Boys but 'they need to stand down , ' as he faces backlash for not criticizing white supremacists “ Tomorrow , tens of thousands of airline workers will be furloughed if the program is not extended , ” said Airlines for America President and CEO Nicholas Calio in a statement .
Democrats and Republicans have been unable to agree on a stimulus deal despite months of negotiations .
Talks fell apart in August leading President Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 relief .
Trump 's orders however , do n't address a number of programs that ended over the summer .
House Democrats ' latest proposal would provide a round of $ 1,200 relief checks , reauthorize a small-business lending program , bring back the $ 600 federal boost to the unemployment benefit through January and provide assistance for the airline industry .
• $ 225 billion in education funding , with $ 182 billion for K-12 schools and about $ 39 billion for post-secondary education .
• $ 436 billion in assistance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• $ 15 billion in funding for the U.S .
Postal Service .
Among the sticking points in negotiations has been the amount of the unemployment benefit , which Republicans said could disincentivize work if the amount is too much .
Democrats offered $ 600 in their proposals , whereas Republicans offered $ 200 and $ 300 in other proposals .
Both sides also remain far apart on the amount of aid to give to state and local governments .
Republicans are wary of adding to the deficit and say the money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ More : Trump-Biden brawl in Cleveland prompts debate commission to consider format changes

Democrats postpone House vote on COVID-19 stimulus bill to give more time for negotiations
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats postponed a vote Wednesday on a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill in the hopes a deal could be reached as negotiations drag on with the White House on a plan to help Americans struggling from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
The vote was postponed until Thursday to allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House negotiators more time to discuss a potential bipartisan deal, said a Democratic aide, who was unable to discuss internal deliberations publicly.
Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met at the Capitol Wednesday for their first in-person negotiations since August. The two sides have been at an impasse for months over the size and scope of a COVID-19 relief bill, but rank-and-file members have pressured congressional leaders to get some sort of relief deal done by Election Day.
“We made a lot of progress over the last few days, we still don't have an agreement, but we have more work to do. And we're going to see where we end up," Mnuchin said Wednesday.
The House measure is a pared-down version of the legislation passed by House Democrats in May. It's expected to pass the House, but will face opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate, where lawmakers have balked at a higher price tag for more relief.
House Democrats unveiled their proposal Monday, though House Republicans panned the bill as a “socialist wish list” and said they would oppose it.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters Wednesday it would be "outlandish" to think Republicans would be on board with a $2 trillion bill, though he said he and other Republicans want to see relief for Americans.
"I mean we had 52 out of 53 republicans willing to spend roughly a half a trillion dollars," McConnell added of a scaled-down $300 billion bill that was blocked in the Senate. "The thought that Senate Republicans would go up to 2.2 trillion is outlandish."
Pelosi said the vote, which was originally planned for Wednesday night, would "formalize our proffer to Republicans in the negotiations."
Layoffs: Shell plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs as oil demand slumps
Asked if he would be able to negotiate a deal over $1.5 trillion, Mnuchin said, “We’re going to go back and do a little more work again.”
Many of the benefits Congress approved in the Spring to fight the economic impact of the virus have run out. The $600 federal boost to unemployment benefits halted in July, a loan forgiveness program for small businesses expired, and airlines have warned of mass layoffs as their billions of dollars in federal payroll assistance expire on Oct. 1.
More: House Democrats introduce $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, unlikely to pass in Senate
More: Trump says he doesn't know Proud Boys but 'they need to stand down,' as he faces backlash for not criticizing white supremacists
“Tomorrow, tens of thousands of airline workers will be furloughed if the program is not extended,” said Airlines for America President and CEO Nicholas Calio in a statement.
Democrats and Republicans have been unable to agree on a stimulus deal despite months of negotiations. Talks fell apart in August leading President Donald Trump to sign several executive orders on COVID-19 relief. Trump's orders however, don't address a number of programs that ended over the summer.
House Democrats' latest proposal would provide a round of $1,200 relief checks, reauthorize a small-business lending program, bring back the $600 federal boost to the unemployment benefit through January and provide assistance for the airline industry.
The bill includes:
$225 billion in education funding, with $182 billion for K-12 schools and about $39 billion for post-secondary education.
$120 billion in grants for restaurants.
$436 billion in assistance for state, local and tribal governments.
$75 billion for COVID-19 testing, tracing and isolation measures.
$15 billion in funding for the U.S. Postal Service.
Increased food assistance benefits.
Among the sticking points in negotiations has been the amount of the unemployment benefit, which Republicans said could disincentivize work if the amount is too much. Democrats offered $600 in their proposals, whereas Republicans offered $200 and $300 in other proposals.
Both sides also remain far apart on the amount of aid to give to state and local governments. Republicans are wary of adding to the deficit and say the money would bail out mismanaged local governments.
Contributing: Christal Hayes
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