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Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was likely being removed from her House leadership role because she had said several times she believed former President Donald Trump incited the January 6 riot at the Capitol.
According to the New York State Democrat, that meant “being a patriot may be inconsistent with being a House Republican.”
Jeffries said, “There is a clear distinction between Democrats and Republicans right now. A moment of clarity for everyone. Democrats are the party of getting things done. Republicans are the party of obstruction. Democrats believe in democracy. Republicans believe in autocracy. Democrats believe in Building Back Better, the American Rescue Plan, The American Job Plan, The American Family Plan and Republicans are all about grievance and xenophobia.
Proposed 45Q Tax Credit Reform Could Give a Big Boost to Carbon Capture Projects by Emeka Ochu |May 6, 2021
A pair of coal trains idle on the tracks near Dry Fork Station, a coal-fired power plant being built by the Basin Electric Power Cooperative near Gillette, Wyoming, in April 2010. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
A critical aspect of President Biden’s $2 trillion American Job Plan focuses on mobilizing private capital to invest in clean energy production and deployment in order to achieve 100 percent carbon-free electricity production by 2035. These investments are crucial to his strategy to meet the ambitious new national commitments to the Paris agreement and keep global average temperature to a 1.5 degree C limit. The plan earmarks $15 billion to fund clean energy demonstration projects, including carbon capture and storage, and $46 billion in federal buying power, including of recycled CO2. To spur the expansive deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and sto
Transcript: Joe Biden delivers speech to joint session of Congress
Key moments from Biden’s 1st presidential address to Congress
Replay Video UP NEXT President Joe Biden delivered his first speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, just one day prior to 100 days in office. The setting was very different from a typical address, though. Due to the pandemic, tickets were limited and social distancing rules were in place. But the message from Biden was one of progress and a return to normalcy from more than a year under limitations.
The transcript of Biden s speech was as follows: