“CO2 spewing from a ruptured pipeline can suffocate humans and animals without notice,” more than a dozen House Democrats wrote to President Joe Biden. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Chuy Garcia led a group of House Democrats on Tuesday in urging President Joe Biden to put a moratorium on federal permitting for new CO2 pipelines—infrastructure at the center […]
“We’re 62 hours away from shutting down the government of the United States of America, and Republicans are launching an impeachment drive based on a long-debunked and discredited lie,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin. With a government shutdown just two days away, the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee on Thursday launched its first hearing as part of […]
“MAGA House leaders are holding baseless impeachment hearings against President Biden to deflect attention from the ongoing major legal efforts to hold Trump and his cronies accountable.” A government shutdown with potentially disastrous implications for millions of federal aid recipients and the overall U.S. economy is just days away, but House Republicans have made clear that their focus is […]
“Escalating CEO pay in recent decades has likely pulled up the pay of other top earners,” notes a new Economic Policy Institute report. “This concentration of earnings at the top leaves fewer gains for ordinary workers.” A new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute shows that top U.S. CEOs saw their total compensation rise by 1,209% between 1978 and […]