The seven-month logjam finally started to break after the “Four Corners” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy worked late into the night Tuesday on the deal, which includes a full-year spending bill to fund the government.
Leaders from both parties were optimistic, though there is not a final timeline for an agreement.
“We remain committed to continuing these urgent discussions until we have an agreement,” said Mr. McConnell, Kentucky Republican. “We will not leave town until we’ve made law.”
Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat, echoed the optimism, saying “it’s not a done deal yet. But we are very close.”
As energy secretary, Ms. Granholm would oversee the country’s nuclear arsenal and would be charged with helping implement parts of Mr. Biden’s expansive agenda to combat climate change.
Ms. McCarthy, a former EPA Administrator during the Obama administration, is now the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
She helped implement the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan to cut carbon emissions - a plan that was eventually replaced by the Trump administration and had been the subject of multiple court battles.
Mr. Biden has already named former Secretary of State John Kerry as a special envoy for climate - a position that will be part of the National Security Council.
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RACIAL EQUITY TASK FORCE RELEASES RECOMMENDATIONS: Gov. Roy Cooper’s task force on racial equity released dozens of recommendations Monday in a report that called for widespread changes to address racial bias within the state’s policing and criminal justice systems. The 125 recommendations address policies and laws that disproportionately affect people of color, from traffic stops to protest responses, arrests and reentry into the community after prison time. Other recommendations in Monday’s report include decriminalizing marijuana, revising the role of school resource officers and increasing oversight and accountability for law enforcement. “This is just the start of a public conversation,” Stein said. “We are committed to working alongside leaders across the state to turn these ideas into action.”
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How Biden Can Move His Economic Agenda Without Congress
Union leaders and policy experts say the next administration could do plenty on behalf of workers through regulation and other powers.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. may be able to achieve his goals on labor policy even without a cooperative Congress.Credit.Hilary Swift for The New York Times
Published Dec. 15, 2020Updated Jan. 14, 2021
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s ability to reshape the economy through legislation hinges in large part on the outcome of the two Georgia runoffs in January that will decide control of the Senate. But even without a cooperative Congress, his administration will be able to act on its agenda of raising workers’ standard of living and creating good jobs by taking a series of unilateral actions under existing law.