Senate ruling gives Democrats a back door around an infrastructure filibuster
By Carl Hulse New York Times,Updated April 6, 2021, 5:36 p.m.
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WASHINGTON â Democrats might not have the votes to gut the filibuster, but they were just handed the procedural keys to a backdoor assault on the Senateâs famous obstruction tactic.
With a ruling on Monday that Democrats can reuse this yearâs budget blueprint at least once to employ the fast-track reconciliation process, Democrats can conceivably advance multiple spending and tax packages this year alone without a single Republican vote as long as they hold their 50 members together. It is a means of weakening the filibuster without having to take the politically charged vote to do so.
U.S. President Joe Biden has much to consider if he wants to go down as one of the greats, but this window of opportunity won’t last long, writes Julian NoiseCat. Photo by Adam Schultz / Biden for President / Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Last week, United States President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh, Pa. Steel City,” where he launched his campaign two years ago to unveil his infrastructure plan. Dubbed the American Jobs Plan, the proposed legislation follows the $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan recently enacted by Congress. The jobs plan would invest well over $2 trillion over the next eight years to create millions of jobs, modernize infrastructure, advance racial justice, compete with a rising China and combat climate change.
Greenberg Traurig’s India Sneed Named to City & State’s 2021 Above & Beyond List
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India L. Sneed, an associate in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s New York office, has been named to City & State’s 2021 Above & Beyond list. NEW YORK (PRWEB) April 05, 2021
India L. Sneed, an associate in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s New York office, has been named to City & State’s 2021 Above & Beyond list.
City & State’s annual Above & Beyond awards recognize a truly outstanding group of women, including civil rights leaders, candidates for elected office, and groundbreaking innovators, according to the publication.
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