WHITE HOUSE — Facing growing pressure from impatient state governors, the Biden administration acknowledged for the first time that it is developing plans to guide the country away from the pandemic’s emergency phase toward a more relaxed national response, including ending the federal recommendation for wearing masks in most indoor settings. “We are internally discussing, of […]
“If the vehicles weighed just one pound less, they wouldn’t be permitted on American roads because they pollute too much.” Did the U.S. Postal Service purposely calculate the weight of its new delivery vehicles at 8,501 pounds so as to skirt anti-pollution regulations by a single pound? Watchdogs are leveling that charge after the Environmental Protection […]
“It’s time for Congress to act and ban members from trading stocks while they’re in office.” The momentum behind a widely popular effort to ban stock trading by members of Congress is growing, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reportedly instructing fellow Democrats to unite behind a specific legislative proposal. “After weeks of silence, Senate Democratic […]
“The Build Back Better Better as has been presented,” said the West Virginia senator, “that bill will no longer exist.” As progressive activists continue to push for the stalled social and climate spending package, Sen. Joe Manchin claimed Sunday that his biggest opposition to his party’s Build Back Better legislation was that it didn’t go through […]