Biden has pledged to tax the rich but precisely how will he do that? Experts consider his options MarketWatch 1 hr ago
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If President Joe Biden’s campaign pledges to tax the rich were the coming attractions, we’re about to arrive at the main event.
After unveiling a $2.3 trillion infrastructure spending proposal powered by corporate tax increases, Biden will soon release his “American Families Plan” to offer programs like free community college and paid family leave. The president is expected to fund the forthcoming plan with tax increases on wealthy households.The question is precisely
which tax hikes will he propose? And what can he get through a Congress where Democrats have the barest of majorities one where the president cannot afford any ‘no’ votes?
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WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A report that climate activist Elizabeth Klein has taken a high-level position with the Department of the Interior after the Biden Administration withdrew her nomination as deputy secretary is “contrary to the spirit” of an agreement that Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, and others made with the administration, according to Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance.
“To take someone who couldn’t win a Senate nomination and put her in a position with no Senate oversight is a slap in the face to Senator Murkowski,” Sgamma told
Legal Newsline.
Klein’s appointment as senior counselor to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was mentioned in a Law360 article about the Biden administration’s naming Tommy Beaudreau, with Latham & Watkins LLP, as the agency’s deputy secretary.
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How many state supreme court justices are people of color? Judiciary doesn t reflect population, report says
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Only 17% of justices on state supreme courts are Black, Latino, Asian American or Native American, according to a report by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.
The figure is far below the percentage of people of color in the U.S. population, which stands at 40%, according to the report. But it is two percentage points higher than in 2019, when 15% of justices were people of color.
In 22 states, no justices identify as a person of color.
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