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House expected to pass COVID relief bill next week

PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building seen on February 5, 2019 in Washington.
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House Democrats release text on massive relief package
By Michelle Stoddart, Lauren King, Kate Pastor
Last Updated: February 21, 2021, 6:57 PM

This is Day 33 of the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Top headlines:

  • Biden makes surprise visit to Bob Dole ahead of cancer treatment
  • Trump to speak at CPAC
  • Biden says he can't give a date when COVID-19 crisis will end
  • First lady tells student vets: 'You are the voice of a generation'
  • Biden, Trudeau to hold virtual bilateral meeting on Tuesday
Here is how events are unfolding. All times Eastern.

Feb 21, 2021 6:57 PM

Remembering Rep. John Lewis on his birthday

ABC's "Nightline" co-anchor Byron Pitts remembers the late Rep. John Lewis on what would have been his 81st birthday.

VIDEO: '(John Lewis) believed so deeply in America': Byron Pitts
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"Nightline" co-anchor Byron Pitts remembers the late Rep. John Lewis on what would have been his 81st birthday.

Feb 21, 2021 3:35 PM

How much retribution do the GOP senators who voted for impeachment face?

On ABC's "This Week," FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver talks about the retribution seven Republican senators who voted in favor of former President Donald Trump's impeachment might face.

How much retribution are the senators who broke rank and voted to convict former Pres. Trump going to face? @FiveThirtyEight's @NateSilver538 break it down. https://t.co/mJzJWw3TvG pic.twitter.com/p7dgglDfvF

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 21, 2021

Trump is expected to make his first speech since leaving the White House next week.


Feb 20, 2021 10:16 PM

Biden makes surprise visit to Bob Dole ahead of cancer treatment

Biden is making a surprise visit to meet with his longtime Senate colleague Bob Dole in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

MORE: Former Sen. Bob Dole announces he has stage 4 lung cancer

Biden “is visiting his close friend,” according to the White House, following the 97-year-old’s announcement on Thursday morning that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. In a tweet, Dole said he would begin treatment on Monday.

STATEMENT BY SENATOR BOB DOLE ON HEALTH CHALLENGES pic.twitter.com/ndRxqNWb30

— Senator Bob Dole (@SenatorDole) February 18, 2021

-ABC News' Justin Gomez



Feb 20, 2021 9:29 PM

Trump to speak at CPAC

Former President Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next week, his first major appearance since leaving office last month, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to ABC News.

Trump’s speech next Sunday afternoon will address the future of the Republican Party and the conservative movement, as well as Biden’s immigration policies, the source added.

-ABC News' Will Steakin


Feb 15, 2021 9:26 PM

Pelosi announces a 9/11-type commission to investigate insurrection

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congress will take the steps to establish a Sept. 11-type commission to investigate the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

"Now, as always, security is the order of the day: the security of our country, the security of our Capitol which is the temple of our democracy, and the security of our Members," she wrote in a letter to her Democratic colleagues.

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré was appointed to issue a report on Capitol security following the riot.

MORE: 9/11-style commission should investigate Capitol attack: Sen. Coons, Rep. Dean

"It is clear from his findings and from the impeachment trial that we must get to the truth of how this happened," Pelosi's letter continued. "To protect our security, our security, our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission to 'investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021 domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex … and relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power, including facts and causes relating to the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol Police and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the National Capitol Region.'"


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