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2021/07/24 08:48 FILE - In this July 22, 2021, file photo Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Pelosi and Li. FILE - In this July 22, 2021, file photo Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Pelosi and Liz Cheney have the most unlikely of partnerships. The two longtime political adversaries have joined forces to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Pelosi tapped Cheney to join the committee that will hold its first hearing next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - In this May 12, 2021, file photo Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters in Washington. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Cheney have .
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FILE - In this May 12, 2021, file photo Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters in Washington. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Cheney have the most unlikely of partnerships. The two longtime political adversaries have joined forces to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Pelosi tapped Cheney to join the committee that will hold its first hearing next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) July 23, 2021 - 9:09 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) â When Nancy Pelosi raised a glass to Liz Cheney, it was the most unlikely of toasts.
Democratic lawmakers and the Republican congresswoman were gathered in the House speakerâs office as the group prepared for the first session of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.the committee insurrection at the Capitol
Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, is encouraging House and Senate leadership to include provisions to help increase the use and production of biofuels in the final language of the upcoming infrastructure legislation.
Axne on June 25 sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leaders Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell advocating for investments in biofuels infrastructure.
“Investments in biofuels infrastructure represents the best of all worlds as we are charting a path to an energy economy that allows us to reduce carbon emissions, be less reliant on foreign energy sources, and still support our rural communities and farmers,” she wrote. “Biofuels have been shown to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least half for ethanol and upwards of eighty percent for biodiesel, all while supporting rural and agricultural communities. In fact, the Department of Agriculture anticipates reduction of up to sevent
Democrats drop defense of voting rights after Biden’s Philadelphia speech
Only days after President Joe Biden declared that the United States was facing “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War,” the White House and the Democratic Party have effectively abandoned any effort to protect voting rights.
President Joe Biden delivers a speech on voting rights at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Philadelphia [Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci]
In his July 13 speech in Philadelphia, Biden cited the passage of 28 laws by Republican-controlled states restricting the ability of poor and working class voters to cast ballots and making it easier for state legislatures to overturn election results certified by local election officials. He linked this systematic assault on voting rights to Donald Trump’s attempted coup of January 6, calling it the greatest threat to American democracy since the Civil War.