Issue One’s National Council on Election Integrity convenes bipartisan panel to discuss state proposals that would impact how Americans vote
This week, Issue One and its National Council on Election Integrity [2] convened experts from across the political spectrum for an important discussion about how state voting proposals could impact how millions of Americans vote. Moderated by Issue One’s CEO and Founder Nick Penniman, panelists included Trey Grayson, a former Republican Secretary of State of Kentucky and member of the national council, Steven Greenhut, Resident Senior Fellow and Western Region Director at the R Street Institute, and Eliza Sweren-Becker, Counsel, Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice.
Engineers working on site at transmission system infrastructure project (yuttana Contributor Studio/ Shutterstock)
Released on March 31, the Biden-Harris administration’s massive infrastructure plan, called the American Jobs Plan, is hugely ambitious. Biden accordingly described it as a “once-in-a-generation investment.” The proposal does not just look to fix the US’ crumbling infrastructure currently ranked 13th in the world it aims to transform the US economy, simultaneously addressing climate change, employment, and historic inequities. Its strength is that it recognizes the connections between infrastructure, energy, water, climate change, access to services, jobs, and justice. However, this might also be its weakness. While the individual proposals are not necessarily inseparable, coming in at an estimated $2 trillion, the plan will face significant hurdles in Congress. If it passes, it is likely to look very different than it does now.
Libya’s Bumpy Road to Peace 15 March 2021
The Rome MED This Week newsletter provides expert analysis and informed comments on the MENA region s most significant issues and trends. Today we turn the spotlight on Libya, where the new National Unity Government led by Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah will be sworn in Tobruk and will have the difficult task of healing the country’s multiple wounds and leading it to the crucial elections of December 2021.
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ten years of instability and seven since the last unified government, Libya is now experiencing a truce moment with a new united cabinet that should lead the country towards the elections scheduled for next December. On March 10, the Tobruk’s House of Representatives (HoR), gathered in Sirte, gave its endorsement to Prime Minister-designate
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