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August 3, 2021

Progressive Blast White House for Allowing Eviction Moratorium to Expire
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In Washington, D.C., President Biden and Democratic leaders faced
backlash Monday from progressives who blasted them for allowing a
federal moratorium on evictions to expire. At the White House,
presidential adviser Gene Sperling said a June Supreme Court ruling
prevented the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from taking
steps to extend the moratorium without congressional action - despite
the worsening pandemic.

Gene Sperling: "To date, the CDC director and her team have been unable
to find legal authority even for a more targeted eviction moratorium
that would focus just on counties with higher rates of COVID spread."

Missouri Congressmember Cori Bush - who has been camped out on the steps
of the Capitol since Friday in protest - spoke briefly with Vice
President Kamala Harris Monday and reportedly came away disappointed.
Joining the protest Monday were New York Congressmember Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who
tweeted, "It's outrageous that in the middle of a deadly pandemic the
eviction moratorium has ended. … We cannot allow people to be thrown
onto the streets." 


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