Despite a majority of Diné expressing opposition to a bill (No. 306-20) during the comment period, last Friday the Naabik’iyati Committee swiftly passed the bill (20-3), which extended the expenditure deadline for all programs with encumbered Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funds from Dec.15 to Dec. 22.
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He said as the President of the Navajo Nation he is proud of the amount of both Republican and Democrat Navajo voters who exercised their right to vote this past November. He said it put in mind the power of the Native American vote.
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Vice President Myron Lizer called COVID-19 the “China virus” during a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday.
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A Nov. 20 memorandum from the Navajo Nation president’s chief of staff has angered some Council delegates, who say it gives chapters and tribal programs a loophole for hanging onto their CARES Act allocations into December rather than reverting them to the Hardship Fund as the Council mandated in recent legislation.
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Four days after Election Day, former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the projected winner of the 46th presidency of the United States, defeating President Donald Trump in a contentious race that was closer than many polls had projected.
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