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Labor reporter | Read: | Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see | 📧 rrainey@politico.com

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    6 Oct 2020

    NEW from me: Last month OSHA proposed fining a Smithfield plant $13k for Covid-19 safety risks. Under Reagan in 1988 it fined the EXACT SAME PLANT under the same legal authority, but proposed $4.3 million in fines.

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  2. 4 hours ago

    ‼️💫MAJOR NEWS! The fab is 's new immigration correspondent! If you don't already, give her a follow ⬇️💫‼️

    Personal update: This Cubanita de Hialeah is officially ’s immigration correspondent! Really picked a calm time to start covering this. All the tips are welcome.
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  3. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    Excited to share that I'll be continuing my coverage of race + politics on our Washington team alongside and , where I'll be focusing on politicians, campaigns and the impact of a historically diverse WH on policy. Send tips + well wishes!

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  4. 5 hours ago

    -- Coal state lawmakers plan to intro a bill today that would require DOL to issue emergency rules ordering mining companies to protect their workers from Covid-19 exposure and provide protective equipment. --DOL has ended the Trump administration’s PAID program

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  5. 5 hours ago

    -- Democrats are aiming to introduce legislation tomorrow that would allow workers to write off the first $10,200 of their unemployment benefits from their 2020 tax bill.

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  6. 5 hours ago

    GOOD MORNING FOLKS. Here's what you need to know for this week: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Biden’s nominee for Labor secretary, is scheduled to have a confirmation hearing at 10 a.m. on Thursday.

    GOP pitches Biden on bipartisan Covid-19 package
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  7. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    Update: The Senate will vote to confirm Mayorkas as DHS Secretary on Tuesday. No exact time yet. Vote was scheduled for Monday at 5:30pm, but postponed due to DC weather. TBD if this will impact timing of Biden’s Tuesday immigration-related announcements.

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    20 hours ago

    Confirmation vote for Mayorkas to be DHS Sec moved from Monday to Tuesday due to snow in DC interfering with senators traveling

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  9. 20 hours ago

    Despite Biden’s flurry of EOs and calls on the campaign trail for tougher pandemic worker safety enforcement, one Trump-era executive action is still in place that worker safety advocates have argued would allow unsafe meat producers to remain open.

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  10. Jan 29

    Getting a readback from my editor.

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  11. Jan 29

    INBOX: The Senate HELP committee will consider Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Labor next Thursday, February 4

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  12. Retweeted
    Jan 27

    Bars in Houston that didn't reclassify as restaurants have been closed for most of the past 10 months, even as people pile into dance clubs that found loopholes to reopen. Once-favorite hangouts now are clinging to life.

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  13. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    Nearly 350 Houston-area Kroger workers caught COVID in the last month and two have died, per their union, which is battling the grocery chain over hazard pay.

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    Jan 29

    ☀️ Thanks for sharing yesterday's Tiny Desk (home) concert, ! You can see the full set on , or 's site.

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  15. Jan 29

    Happy Friday

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    Jan 28

    Time to double or upgrade masks as coronavirus variants emerge, experts say --

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    Jan 28

    Mayorkas is cleared for confirmation vote on Monday at 5:30 p.m. Cloture vote to end debate on his nomination to DHS Secretary is over. 55-42 vote. He’ll have votes to be confirmed, but looks like it won’t be with much GOP support.

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  18. Jan 28

    More than 50 House progressives are pushing President Joe Biden to prioritize recurring direct checks instead of one-time payments in the next rescue package reports.

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    Jan 28

    Francis Cissna, the Senate-confirmed director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under Trump, has apparently been detailed back to Chuck Grassley's Senate staff, per an email. He worked there on DHS detail under Obama

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  20. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    In the above piece I briefly touched on the 38 (not 50) sponsors of Sanders' new $15 minimum wage bill. Politico's checked in on the non-sponsors

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    Jan 28

    WH official Esther Olavarria said recently that Biden will reverse several Trump proclamations. She appeared to reference the April ban on certain green card applicants and June ban on temporary foreign workers. She also referenced a healthcare-related ban

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