Democrats at odds over how to extend federal eviction moratorium
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Washington — House Democratic leaders are putting pressure on the Biden administration to extend the federal eviction moratorium as they face mounting frustration within the party to stave off a looming eviction crisis. But the White House said it is on Congress to act to keep people from being kicked out of their homes amid the pandemic.
The back and forth over who must act comes after the federal moratorium expired Saturday night and millions are living in fear of becoming homeless. More than 7.4 million households are behind on rent, according to the latest Census Bureau survey data from early July, and some housing experts put that number higher. Of those 7.4 million, more than 3.6 million said they would likely have to leave their homes in the next two months due to eviction. On Monday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Democratic lawmakers encouraging them to help get more than $46 billion in emergency rental assistance already allocated by Congress out the door. She also once again said it was on the Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to extend the federal eviction moratorium.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.
The knock at the door came at nighttime on Mother's Day 2008 in Oregon, where Jessica Ellis' parents lived. It was around 9:20 p.m. and his wife, Linda, was already in bed; her father Steve Ellis told CBS News, that he thought someone let their animals out — but two soldiers in Class A uniforms were standing at the door.