Washington continues to be in the throes of a knock-down, drag-out fight between Democrats in Congress and the White House over the two pieces of BIG legislation that matter most in terms of national climate policy — infra-structure and the President’s Build Back Better Act, otherwise known as budget reconciliation…
What’s being talked about on Capitol Hill is infrastructure and President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. What’s currently being built, however, are ramparts in anticipation of the 2022 and 2024 federal election battles that I am confident will be “take no prisoners” affairs.
The brewing battles will not just be…
Hobson’s Choice: the necessity of accepting one of two or more equally objectionable alternatives.
If for no other reason than peace of mind, it is critical for climate champions to remind themselves periodically that as overwhelming as Earth’s warming is in its many consequences — fires, floods, and pestilence —…
Joe, in the end, has always been there. He’s always been with me, I think we can work something out. - President Biden
Franklin Roosevelt is remembered for the New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson the Great Society. What will Joe Biden be remembered for? It likely depends on the…
Koan: a paradox to be meditated upon that is used to train Zen Buddhist monks to abandon ultimate dependence on reason and force them to gain sudden intuitive enlightenment.
Had someone asked me a year ago what leadership characteristics Donald Trump and Joe Biden would share as president, I would…
In her argument, Olson said she knows of no other instance where people suffering personal injury
at the hands of their government are told to go to the polls when a constitutional right is being violated.
The 21 young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States will mark their six-year anniversary…
We’re not a cheap date; the House is going to do what we have to do.
Jim McGovern (D-MA)
While the Senate fiddles over infrastructure and budget reconciliation legislation, the House burns. Seethes is perhaps a better word. I’ll explain why in a moment. …
URGENCY is the message of today and every day until the US finally has the policies in place
and acted upon that will lead it to a sustainable environment and economy.
Introduction
The US is fifteen months away from the 2022 midterm elections. If history repeats itself, as it often…
If this is the only thing that comes to me, I’m not signing it.
President Joe Biden
Saturday[i] saw both President Biden and former-President Trump making news lines. The day foreshadowed the slide into the 2022 midterm congressional elections and possibly the 2024 presidential. …
The three questions Democrats are asking themselves these days are:
· Can we afford not to pass an infrastructure/climate bill before the end of the year?
· Can we do it on our own, i.e., without Republican votes?
· Will Senators Manchin (D-WV) and Sinema (D-AZ) agree to vote for…
