The vote was followed by a threat from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to strip committee assignments from Republicans who sit on bipartisan select committee. House Republicans drew rebuke Wednesday for their near unanimous vote against the establishment of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Why did so many […]
“The steep price of a high-speed connection is the primary barrier—a hard truth that flies in the face of the wild claims broadband-industry lobbyists make about prices getting better for internet users.” As federal lawmakers held a hearing Thursday on broadband equity, a new report details how the internet service provider industry, through hiked prices and disappearing […]
“Cleaner and lower-cost wind and solar, coupled with battery storage, will drive fossil fuels out of the market.” The nation’s transition from dirty to renewable energy is “nearing exponential growth”—a shift set to usher in “transformative” impacts within a handful of years. So declares the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in its “U.S. […]
“As our country faces the interlocking challenges of a global pandemic, economic downturn, racial injustice, and the climate crisis, we must transition to a brighter future for everyone.” Climate action groups and ocean defenders issued strong praise Monday after the Biden administration announced its intention to boost the nation’s offshore wind capacity with a number of steps including […]
“Government, at all levels, should tear down barriers to the ballot, not build them as we are seeing in far too many places,” said Wade Henderson of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Voting rights advocates issued fresh calls Sunday to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and For the People […]
“If Sen. Graham refuses to work in good faith to quickly confirm President Biden’s highly qualified nominees, then it’s time for him to step aside and let more serious legislators get to work.” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham was accused Tuesday of exercising “the last vestiges of power” by obstructing—again—Senate confirmation of Merrick Garland. President Joe […]
“We’re going to be aggressively buying back, and consistently,” said Morgan Stanley chief executive James Gorman. For millions of regular Americans, the end of 2020 was marked by economic distress, with millions suffering pandemic-triggered job losses—and thus the loss of their employer-tied health insurance—still waiting on robust economic relief from federal lawmakers, and facing a weak social safety net. For the nation’s biggest banks, […]
“Releasing the 1776 Commission report on MLK Day is the Trump administration reaffirming its commitment to racism above all else.” The Trump administration was accused Monday of “reaffirming its commitment to racism above all else” with the release the so-called “1776 Report” that whitewashes slavery and asserts universities are pushing anti-Americanism by exploring the nation’s roots of […]
“These remarks make it clear that he has no problem endangering others or inciting insurrection.” President Donald Trump on Monday rejected personal responsibility for his comments widely seen as inciting the violent January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The speech he made to the extremist crowd “has been analyzed,” Trump told reporters at Joint […]