Trump initially sidesteps ‘dictator’ question before adoring Iowa crowd
His efforts to overturn his eventual loss culminated first in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and has him facing felony charges in Washington, D.C., and Georgia.
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Sen. Mitt Romney won’t seek reelection
Romney voted to convict Trump a second time in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
In new poll, Europeans express little faith in America’s future influence
A more recent German Marshall Fund survey released Tuesday similarly found that 6 in 10 (61 percent) Europeans think the U.S. is the most influential actor in global affairs.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden signs major climate, health care and tax bill into law
It won the vote of every Democrat in Congress, even though the party’s progressive wing had hoped for a more expansive package that would have cost as much as $6 trillion.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Fight club: As Democrats urge Biden to show some moxie, AOC’s ‘vigor’ offers an example
Why nobody knows incredible econ story & it took Jan 6 hearings for many to realize how bats*t GOP is..
Policy · 117th Congress
Court hobbles EPA on climate, and its options are limited
The court’s 6-3 ruling, issued Thursday, did limit the EPA’s authority to rein in those emissions, saying the agency did not have sweeping power under the law regulating carbon pollution from utilities
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats fume, GOP lauds ruling to weaken EPA
By a 6-3 vote, the conservative majority ruled the agency does not possess broad authority to regulate pollution from electric utilities.
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court limits EPA power plant carbon emissions authority
In a 6-3 vote, with Chief Justice John G.
Policy · 117th Congress
SEC’s climate rule heats up debate on supply chain emissions
difficult to access downstream information on customers’ use of their products,” the National Association of Manufacturers, which represents 14,000 member companies, wrote in a letter to the SEC on June 6.
Policy · 117th Congress
Companies face tug-of-war on lobbying agenda versus ESG values
The scrutiny over companies’ lobbying and advocacy has sharpened in the past two years with the fallout from the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill
Congress · 117th Congress
Climate bill talks in ‘good place,’ Whitehouse says
“Our capital investment plan is not dependent on changes in federal policy,” said Bob Frenzel, CEO of Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota-based utility that serves nearly 6 million customers in eight states
Policy · 117th Congress
Why the US looks back 17 years to set its climate goals
Although America’s annual emissions overall have gently declined since 2005, its emissions increased more than 6 percent last year after a pandemic-driven dip in 2020.
Policy · 117th Congress
In wildfire ‘pivot,’ experts question federal focus
“The running 5-year average annual number of structures destroyed by wildfires rose from 2,873 in 2014 to 12,255 in 2020, a fourfold increase in just 6 years.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Another hurdle for Biden’s climate goals: the Supreme Court
A ruling from the court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, could narrow the EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases from the power sector, the second-largest source
Congress · 117th Congress
Revised budget bill cuts more than $10 billion in transportation funds
And it eliminates the $6 billion allotted for member priorities, known as earmarks.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats work through Manchin obstacles on budget bill
Sanders and other progressives initially proposed a $6 trillion topline for the reconciliation package before agreeing to a $3.5 trillion compromise that Manchin and Arizona Sen.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Dysfunction in America is no longer just knocking on the door
Democracy at stake While many citizens breathed a sigh of relief at the pitiful showing at last weekend’s rally in D.C. to support the jailed Jan. 6 insurrectionists, they would be ignoring the danger
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats prepare to tweak House reconciliation package
The House has proposed extending the expanded credit of $3,000 per child, or $3,600 for children under 6 years old, through 2025 but permanently making the full credit refundable so that low-income
Congress · 117th Congress
Houston official: Federal disaster aid widens racial inequities
“Back in 1955 during Hurricane Diane, the federal government only covered about 6 percent of the disaster, total costs.
Policy · 116th Congress
Environmental action, laws may face new hurdles on high court
Corrected, Oct. 6 | A conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court could deal a crippling blow to environmental laws on the books, water down climate regulations tied up in court and make it harder