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VP Harris Exercises Authority In Resolution Vote On COVID-19 Package

Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Vice President Kamala Harris made her first tie-breaking vote on Friday in a move to accelerate a $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package intended to…

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