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Senate Passes Stimulus With No Help From GOP Obstructionists
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Senate passing President Biden’s long-awaited American Rescue Plan to help workers and families, government watchdog Accountable.US released the following statement: “Biden’s American Rescue Plan is a much-needed life preserver for…
Read moreBoston Globe: Trump-era inertia bogs down agencies as Biden seeks urgency
Interior Department staffers churned out dozens of drilling permits despite an order for upper-level review. The U.S. Postal Service spurned green alternatives and bought tens of thousands of gasoline-powered vehicles. And across the government, Donald…
Read moreBloomberg: Trump-Era Inertia Bogs Down Agencies as Biden Seeks Urgency
Interior Department staffers churned out dozens of drilling permits despite an order for upper-level review. The U.S. Postal Service spurned green alternatives and bought tens of thousands of gasoline-powered vehicles. And across the government, Donald…
Read moreAttorney General Nominee Continues to Face GOP Roadblocks to Confirmation
The confirmation of Merrick Garland, President Biden’s nominee for Attorney General, is once again being held up, this time by obstructionist Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) Last month, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)…
Read moreWatchdog: Rank Hypocrisy from Senate Republicans Who Blew Up the Debt in ‘17, Now Oppose Robust COVID Relief
Senate Republicans showcase rank hypocrisy as they vocally oppose President Biden’s widely popular COVID-19 relief bill in the name of the deficit despite blowing debt up for billionaires and corporations by supporting the…
Read moreAs Energy Committee Votes on Haaland Nomination, Opposition is Coming from Members Who Have Taken More Than $8 Million From Big Oil
Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee have been staunch opponents of the confirmation of Congresswoman Deb Haaland to lead the Department of the Interior The same…
Read moreSalon: Republican Senators opposed to Biden’s HHS nominee have taken nearly $10 million from Big Pharma
As the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday deadlocked along party lines on whether to advance the nomination of Xavier Becerra as secretary of Health and Human Services, a new analysis shows that the 14 Republican…
Read moreAs 745,000 More Lose Jobs, Senate Republicans Plot “Infinite” Delay on Popular Biden Pandemic Relief Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 745,000 more workers filed for unemployment last week, joining the more than 18 million Americans looking for work in the Trump recession. But while the…
Read moreDon’t Buy API’s Reversal on Carbon Pricing — Big Oil Stands in the Way of Bold Climate Action
Tepid Alternative Long Opposed, Climate Science Long Denied by Many of Trade Group’s Members In response to the Biden-Harris administration’s promises of bold action to address the existential threat of climate…
Read moreWatchdog: Investigate Trump’s Use of Hospital Funds for Questionable Warp Speed Contracts
STAT: ‘The Trump administration quietly spent billions in hospital funds on Operation Warp Speed’ Politico: ‘The crash landing of ‘Operation Warp Speed’’; Trump, Azar hand…
Read moreAs Finance Committee Votes on Becerra Nomination, Opposition is Coming From Members Who Have Taken $9.6 Million from Big Pharma
In an effort to appease their Big Pharma donors, Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee have been adamant in their opposition to Xavier Becerra, Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Health…
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