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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Clean Energy for Biden (CE4B), along with the Cleantech Leaders Roundtable, will virtually host the
Clean Energy for America Inaugural Ball on January 20th to celebrate the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice President of the United States. Clean energy, climate and environmental justice campaign volunteers, business leaders and policy advocates who supported the Biden-Harris campaign will gather to celebrate what is possible for the future of clean energy.
The Inaugural Ball will welcome the new administration with remarks from guests including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Energy Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko, Governor Jay Inslee, Senator Martin Heinrich, Senator John Hickenlooper, Congressman Sean Casten, Lisa Jackson, Jeff Bridges, General Wesley Clark, Tom Steyer, Mindy Lubber and former Idaho Representative and Coeur d Alene Tribal Council member
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Warnock win puts spotlight on Senate s shortcomings
Why is the Senate so white? “The barriers of entry are very high. It’s a system of elitism.”
Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Rev. Raphael Warnock waves to the crowd as he leaves the stage during a drive-in rally, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. | AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton
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The Rev. Raphael Warnock joined an elite class of Black politicians when he upset incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in Georgia this week. He will be the 11th African American to ever serve in the chamber.
His challenge, however, will be staying there.
2020/12/20 21:30 FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a COVID-19 testing facility in Valencia, Calif. As California Gov. Ga. FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a COVID-19 testing facility in Valencia, Calif. As California Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs whom to appoint to the Senate to fulfill the rest of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris term, he s facing pressure to name a Latino or a Black woman. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, Pool, File) FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2020, file photo Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. and Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio wave to emp.
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Should California get its first Latino U.S. senator or should the 100-member chamber maintain one Black woman’s voice?
That’s a weight on California Gov.
Gavin Newsom’s shoulders as he considers his pick to serve out the rest of Vice President-elect
Kamala Harris’ Senate term through 2022. That the choice is left to one governor has some observers frustrated with the persistent lack of racial diversity in the Senate and what they view as both parties’ failure to do much about it.
“It’s a false choice and it’s not good for democracy, and it masks the historical exclusion of both communities in the Senate,” said