While the election results are not yet final, this article will proceed from the assumption that former Vice President Biden will become President in January and that Republicans will win at least one of the two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia to be decided by runoff, and thus will have a majority in the U.S. Senate.
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Green New Deal Goes Beyond Green
By Frederick R. Eames & Marisa Harrilchak on
Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced a federal resolution to recognize a “duty” of the federal government to create a Green New Deal (GND). Addressing climate change may be a primary focus of the resolution, but “green” is perhaps a misnomer.
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House Democrats Unveil the New Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
By Marisa Harrilchak on
One of the first orders of business for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was to reinstate the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis to aid Congress’s mission to respond to climate change.
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