The issues the GOP may focus on during Jackson's Supreme Court hearings
Jackson's confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee begin March 21.
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Jackson's confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee begin March 21.
"Given the rapidly evolving situation in Ukraine, I anticipate that additional needs may arise over time," Shalanda Young, acting White House budget director, wrote in a letter Wednesday.
The president emphasized what unites the country while trying to reassure Americans worried about the Ukraine crisis, inflation and gas prices that "we are going to be OK."
"Veterans are the backbone and the spine of this country. They're the best of us," Mr. Biden said.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said the action "has been in development for several months."
Jackson's meetings with Schumer, McConnell, Durbin and Grassley will all be in person, the White House said.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called the latest action by the U.S. against Russia's Central Bank "unprecedented."
The decision to reinstall the fence around the Capitol was made "out of an abundance of caution," Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a statement.
"We certainly haven't reached the limit" on sanctions against Russia, Cheney said.
"This is beyond politics. This is about the country, our pursuit of a more perfect union," Clyburn said.
"It just means that we have to ramp up our efforts here at the United Nations and elsewhere to hold him accountable," she said.
If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to serve on the highest court.
"Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences," Mr. Biden said."
The penalties announced by the president are the "first tranche of sanctions" on Russia for its latest actions against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned earlier that Russian troops were attempting to seize the site.