这是乔·拜登总统和副总统贺锦丽执政的第42天。
拜登就叙利亚空袭向众议院和参议院领导人发函
白宫周六发布了拜登总统给众议院议长和参议院临时主席的一封关于叙利亚东部空袭的信，以努力使国会“充分了解情况，符合战争权力法”。
“我指挥这次军事行动符合我在国内外保护美国公民和促进美国国家安全和外交政策利益的责任，符合我处理美国外交关系的宪法授权，并且是最高统帅和最高行政长官。拜登在信中写道:“美国采取这一行动是根据《联合国宪章》第五十一条所反映的美国固有的自卫权。
此前，白宫就在叙利亚实施空袭的决定受到了一些两党的批评。
在哈肖吉报告后，拜登就美国对沙特阿拉伯的行动逗趣地宣布
一个周六下午，拜登离开白宫登上海军陆战队时，被问及是否计划惩罚沙特阿拉伯王储，此前美国情报部门报告称断定他下令杀害记者贾迈勒·哈肖吉。
拜登小心翼翼地取笑了一项声明，但表示这与哈肖吉的谋杀无关。
他说，“周一将会宣布我们将会和沙特阿拉伯一起做些什么。”
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乔·拜登总统和第一夫人吉尔·拜登在离开安德鲁斯之前登上了空军一号
总统随后离开白宫前往特拉华州。
周五，国家情报局局长办公室发布了一份备受期待的关于《华盛顿邮报》专栏作家、沙特持不同政见者哈肖吉死亡的报告，他于2018年10月在伊斯坦布尔的沙特领事馆被谋杀和肢解。
据透露，美国情报部门发现沙特阿拉伯王储穆罕默德·本·萨尔曼批准了一项抓捕或杀害他的行动。
沙特政府否认王储与此事有关，而是将死亡归咎于一个流氓政府特工小组。
这起谋杀搅乱了美国与沙特阿拉伯的长期关系。
拜登说他和萨尔曼国王谈过了周四，报告发布的前一天。
哈里斯称美国宇航局宇航员维克多·格洛弗
为了纪念黑色历史月，美国宇航局宇航员维克多·格洛弗通过虚拟聊天。
周六，美国宇航局分享了一段预先录制的视频，显示哈里斯和格洛弗讨论了几个话题，包括人类航天飞行的遗产，从空间站观察地球，以及为从月球到火星的任务做准备。
格洛弗是国际空间站的长期成员，负责航天器系统和性能。
众议院民主党人详述了对新冠肺炎救助法案投反对票的原因
众议员贾里德·戈尔登是仅有的两名投反对票的众议院民主党人之一新冠肺炎法案周六早些时候，他在一份冗长的声明中详细说明了他投反对票的决定，对一揽子计划的规模和范围以及随之而来的高额价格提出了异议。
戈尔登说，他支持为疫苗分发和测试以及紧急失业救济提供资金，但不同意重复先前刺激计划仍在资助的努力或他认为没有必要的资助努力，包括1400美元直接支票的收入范围
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2019年3月6日，众议员Jared Golden在雷伯恩大楼参加众议院军事委员会听证会。
“该法案将1400美元的直接支票分配给收入不超过75000美元的个人和收入不超过150000美元的已婚夫妇，并逐步减少对收入高达200000美元的家庭的支票。根据这项法案，估计超过90%的缅因州报税者将收到联邦政府的支票。他写道:“虽然那些失业或工时减少的人应该得到收入支持，但向缅因州第二国会选区的富人发放第三轮政府支票是浪费，他们的收入几乎是家庭平均工资的三倍。”
戈尔登还对扩大儿童税收抵免、根据《平价医疗法案》将保费补贴延长两年以及多雇主养老金改革提出异议，称他支持该政策，但不同意通过紧急法案。
“许多人普遍认为，最大的威胁不是国会规模过大，而是在应对当前经济形势方面规模过小，”戈尔登写道，转述了拜登的共同观点。
“他们忽略了拜登政府今年晚些时候提出备受期待的基础设施提案的可能性，如果有必要，该提案可能为国会提供进一步提振经济的机会。在2020年的支出和今天的一揽子计划之间，我们在不到一年的时间里已经有了近6万亿美元的新支出。这笔新支出是二战以来前所未有的。退一步问自己，我们是否在珍惜每一美元并选择正确的优先事项，这并不是没有道理的。在某个时候，该法案必须到期，当它到期时，它可能会危及关键项目，如医疗保险或未来重要优先事项所需的sap资源，从重建我们摇摇欲坠的基础设施到修复我们崩溃的医疗保健系统。”
值得注意的是，声明中没有提到15美元最低工资的问题。
Biden's 1st 100 days live updates: Biden says 'no time to waste' on COVID relief bill
This is Day 42 of the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Biden sends letter on Syria airstrike to leaders of House, Senate
The White House released a letter Saturday from President Biden to the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate on the airstrike in eastern Syria, in his effort to keep Congress "fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Act."
"I directed this military action consistent with my responsibility to protect United States citizens both at home and abroad and in furtherance of United States national security and foreign policy interests, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct United States foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive.The United States took this action pursuant to the United States' inherent right of self-defense as reflected in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter," Biden wrote in the letter.
This comes following some bipartisan criticism the White House received over the decision to carry out the airstrike in Syria.
Biden teases announcement on US actions with Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi report
As Biden departed the White House to board Marine One Saturday afternoon, he was asked if he planned to punish Saudi Arabia’s crown prince following a U.S. intelligence report thatconcluded he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Biden carefully teased an announcement but said it wouldn’t specifically pertain to Khashoggi’s murder.
He said, “there will be an announcement on Monday as to what we’re going to be doing with Saudi Arabia in general.”
The president then left the White House for Delaware.
On Friday the Office of Director of National Intelligence released a highly anticipated report on the death of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident who was murdered and dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in Oct. 2018.
It revealed the U.S. intelligence community found Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation to capture or kill him.
The Saudi government has denied that that the crown prince was involved and instead blamed the death on a rogue team of government agents.
The killing has roiled the United States' longstanding ties with Saudi Arabia.
Biden saidhe spoke to King Salmanon Thursday, one day before the report was released.
Harris calls NASA astronaut Victor Glover
In honor of Black History Month, NASA astronaut Victor Glover welcomed Harris to the International Space Station viavirtual chat.
A pre-recorded video shared on Saturday by NASA, shows Harris and Glover discussing several topics, including the legacy of human spaceflight, observing Earth from the space station and prepping for missions from the Moon to Mars.
Glover is a long-duration crew member on the International Space Station and is responsible for spacecraft systems and performance.
House Democrat details reasons for voting "no" on COVID-19 relief bill
Rep. Jared Golden, one of only two House Democrats who voted againstthe COVID-19 billearly Saturday, detailed his decision to vote no in a lengthy statement, taking issue with the size and scope of the package -- and the large price tag that comes with it.
Golden said he supported funding for vaccine distribution and testing, and emergency unemployment benefits, but disagreed with the funding efforts that duplicate efforts still being funded by previous stimulus plans or that he views as unnecessary -- including the income range for the $1400 Direct Checks
"This bill allocates $1,400 direct checks to individuals making up to $75,000 and married couples making up to $150,000, with phased-down checks for households with incomes as high as $200,000. Under this bill, it is estimated that over 90 percent of Maine tax filers would receive a check from the federal government. While those who have lost jobs or had hours reduced ought to receive income support, it is a waste to send a third round of government checks to wealthy individuals making almost three times the average household salary in Maine’s Second Congressional District," he wrote.
Golden also took issue with the inclusion of the Child Tax Credit expansion, a two-year enhancement of premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, and multiemployer pension reform, saying he supported the policy but disagreed with passing them through an emergency bill.
“Many have popularly claimed that the biggest threat is not that Congress goes too big but that it goes too small in responding to the current economic situation," Golden wrote, paraphrasing Biden's common talking point.
"They are ignoring the possibility of a much-anticipated infrastructure proposal from the Biden Administration later this year which could offer a chance for Congress to further boost the economy if necessary. Between the money spent in 2020 and today’s package, we are already nearing $6 trillion in new spending in less than one year. This amount of new spending is unprecedented since World War II. It’s not unreasonable to take a step back and ask ourselves if we are making every dollar count and picking the right priorities. At some point, the bill has to come due, and when it does, it could put at risk critical programs such as Medicare or sap resources needed for important future priorities, from rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure to fixing our broken healthcare system.”
Notably, nowhere in the statement is the issue of the $15 minimum wage mentioned.
