“I told her when she got the job, I said, ‘Congratulations, you’re head of leg affairs! Sympathies, you’re head of leg affairs!’ ” Wheeler joked in an interview.
Terrell, a Capitol Hill veteran who has worked closely with Biden for years, inherits a treacherous political environment running the office tasked with coordinating the president’s agenda with members of Congress.
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She will work for a president who is a creature of the Senate and who has shown a desire to try to work with Republicans in a highly polarized climate. Terrell will have to balance that desire for bipartisanship with a need to unify various factions of the Democratic Party on key legislation, despite divisions on certain health care and economic issues.
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Militant in its fight to overturn a ban of the Jan. 4 issue of the paper imposed by prison officials at the Camp Hill State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania.
The inmate-subscriber whose paper was seized sent the denial form to the
Militant. He said he plans to file an appeal of the ban as per prison regulations.
The denial form justifies the impoundment by saying page 2 of the issue could “create a danger within the context of the correctional facility.” But the only article on page 2 is “Workers in Scotland Speak Out Against Economic, Health Crisis.”
The form also says, “Brief Description: Socialist Workers Party Action, speaks on social unrest and standing against law enforcement.” Prison authorities are likely referring to the “Socialist Workers Party Action Program” appearing on page 3, which is the election campaign platform of the SWP that has been run in many issues over the past year.
Alejandro Mayorkas fought for refugees and Dreamers. Can he undo four years of Trump immigration policies? Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
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After a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in crowded Paris cafes and restaurants in November 2015 left 130 people dead, some members of Congress threatened to shut down the U.S. refugee program.
Alejandro Ali Mayorkas, then deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, sprang into action. He and other staffers called individual members of Congress, pointing out the program s value and security features, explaining that most of the Paris attackers were not refugees. It was a Herculean, round-the-clock effort, for three days straight.
Roger Ballentine is the president of Green Strategies, a Washington-based consulting firm. He assists clients in the energy and environmental arena with domestic and international public policy matters, investment guidance in the “clean tech” marketplace, marketing and business development strategies, sustainability, and capital formation. He is also a Venture Partner with Arborview Capital LLC, a private equity firm focused on the clean technology marketplace, as well as Lecturer on Law at the Harvard Law School teaching in the area of energy and climate policy and a Senior Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington D.C.
Roger previously was a senior member of the White House staff, serving President Bill Clinton as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force and Deputy Assistant to the President for Environmental Initiatives. Prior to being named Deputy Assistant to the President, Mr. Ballentine was Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Aff
Govt Under Pressure to Increase Tax by 15%
Kenya Revenue Authority signage on a building
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The Ministry of Treasury has been pressured to increase tax on cigarettes by 15 percent to raise more revenue for the government.
A report by
People Daily on Monday, February 1, indicated that International Institute for Legislative Affairs (IILA) group had also asked the government to make the tobacco tax uniform.
The Nairobi based organisation argued that the move would bar individuals from opting for cheaper brands and in the process help minimise abuse.
“Increase by 15 per cent excise duty on the current higher tiered products and make this rate the uniform specific rate applicable to all cigarettes,” stated IILA’s head of Policy Development & Legislative Engagement Philip Musamia.