House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leaders are calling on the Biden administration to immediately extend the nation’s eviction moratoriumWASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leaders on Sunday called on the Biden administration to immediately extend the nation's eviction moratorium, calling it a “moral imperative” to prevent Americans from being put out of their homes during a COVID-19 surge. “We cannot in good faith blame the Republican Party when House Democrats have a majority,” the progressive congresswoman said on CNN's "State of the Union." Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, appeared on “Fox News Sunday” to echo that sentiment. As the deadline approached Saturday night, Pelosi urged House Democrats to check into how the money already allocated had been distributed so far in their own states and localities. In the end, Democratic lawmakers had questions and concerns and could not muster support to extend the ban.

Source: ABC News August 01, 2021 16:07 UTC