Σωστικά συνεργεία απομακρύνουν σήμερα εκατοντάδες χωρικούς από τις εστίες τους διά θαλάσσης, καθώς πυρκαγιά που συνεχίζει να μαίνεται έχει πλησιάσει επικίνδυνα θερμοηλεκτρικό σταθμό όπου είναι αποθηκευμένοι χιλιάδες τόνοι λιγνίτη.
going to be any federal level traction in terms of hr1 or the voting act. i hope they pass but i m worried they won t. i think we need to look at the state level and what is going on. at the beginning of this year, we saw hundreds of voter restriction bills proposed. in the last couple months a couple dozen pass, that s where we need to have a laser trained focus on that. ultimately we want to play offense but right now we need to look at these things, your georgias, your arizonas, michigans, new hampshires and start with strategy. in texas the voter suppression law has not passed but we know governor abbott will call a special session in a couple of weeks, the rumor on the street is after the fourth of july so regrettably we ll see another one in that column. the short term is focusing on
Author: François Vergniolle de Chantal
(MENAFN - The Conversation) When the Democrats won both of Georgia s Senate contests in January, they pulled off the unlikely feat of gaining control of the Senate . While it s split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, the vice-president is Kamala Harris and thus holds the tie-breaking vote. That gives the Democrats a razor-thin majority, but a majority nonetheless.
Without 60 seats, however, Biden and the Democrats don t have the strength to overcome a filibuster should any Republican senator, even one, decide to block a bill he or she doesn t like. Once rare, the filibuster has been used with increasing frequency since the early 2000s, making it more and more difficult for any administration to pass legislation. It was one of the reasons that Obama gave up on passing the 2009 Clean Energy and Security Act , which aimed to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Such were the anticipated obstacles