A record 16 candidates are on the ballot in the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election on Feb. 7. But coming just months after the nation’s 11th default or debt rescheduling since its founding in 1830, the vote comes down to a binary choice: whether to accept potentially harsh economic reforms, softened by loans from multilateral banks like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, with the goal of integration with nearby countries and freer trade with the U.S.; or to return to a s
Biden withdraws 3 nominations to Federal Thrift board
President also withdraws controversial selection of Judy Shelton to join Fed
President Joe Biden on Thursday withdrew 32 nominations that his predecessor made to various posts.
President Joe Biden withdrew the nominations of three Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Washington, nominees and one nominee to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
In total, Mr. Biden late Thursday withdrew 32 nominations that President Trump had made to various posts on Jan. 3, the same day the 117th Congress was sworn in.
As expected, Mr. Biden pulled the nominations of Christopher Bancroft Burnham, John M. Barger and Frank Dunlevy to the five-member Thrift board, which administers the $709.6 billion Thrift Savings Plan, the retirement system for 6.2 million federal employees and members of the uniformed services. Mr. Trump originally nominated them in May and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in September
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by Scott Waldman: Items include permitting for fossil fuel infrastructure and creating jobs to clean up pollution…
President Biden launched one of the strongest climate policy platforms in U.S. history with a series of executive orders yesterday.
The moves made addressing climate change a national priority on par with battling the pandemic and revitalizing the economy.
“It’s about workers building our economy back better than before,” Biden said before signing the order. “It’s a whole-of-government approach to put climate change at the center of our domestic, national security and foreign policy. It’s advancing conservation, revitalizing communities and cities and on the farmlands, and securing environmental justice.”