“The ramifications of this ruling are not abstract, especially following the January 6 attack on the Capitol,” said one coalition member. “This decision impacts everyone, because the actions of the president of the United States affect all of us.” Dozens of civil society groups on Monday told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that congressional action […]
“Decisions about healthcare belong to patients, their doctors, and their families—not politicians,” said Rep. Mark Pocan. As LGBTQ+ rights advocates prepare for oral arguments in a U.S. Supreme Court case about bans on gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth, 164 members of Congress on Tuesday urged the justices to strike down Tennessee’s 2023 law. Tennessee is one […]
WASHINGTON—This week, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) introduced the Domestic Seafood Production Act (DSPA), legislation to help address food security in communities historically reliant on coastal and marine resources by helping them build seafood processing capacity for local use. Peltola’s bill would prevent rapid offshore finfish aquaculture permitting and its harmful effects on the environment and local […]
One campaigner called the Energy Permitting Reform Act “a shameless attempt by Sen. Joe Manchin to line the pockets of his fossil fuel donors, sacrifice communities, and endanger our climate.” A bipartisan energy permitting reform bill introduced last week in the U.S. Senate—and described by one campaigner as “the biggest giveaway in decades to the fossil fuel […]