only carries so much weight and while biden is trying to balance infrastructure priorities and voting rights priorities, he has to choose to do this sequentially and we ve seen that from biden and i think the reason he s leaning into infrastructure perhaps more so than voting rights right now despite the urgency around voting rights is he knows the votes are within reach in infrastructure because of reconciliation, and the votes are not within reach in voting rights and he doesn t want to go down that road and ultimately fail before the american people. david, you said there s no incentive for republicans to work with democrats. if that s the case, why are there 20 republicans out there that say they will vote for this bipartisan package. why does it matter? why would it help them? kasie, you know this very well from covering the hill. infrastructure moves through a massive omni bus authorization process that democrats and republicans are happy to vote for and say hey, we re buildi
finish line. we ll see how today works out. we really have to read these tea leaves at this point, and the fact that democrats aren t as optimistic makes me wonder if they re going to be able to do it, kasie. very interesting. speaking of democrats, interesting things coming out of that meeting between chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, the two top democratic leaders as they try to figure out how to move their infrastructure priorities. we get the sense, i think, that the speaker doesn t plan to put any bipartisan deal on the house floor until there are assurances that there s going to be a bigger package that her particularly progressive members can support. if she says that really loudly here in these couple of days before the senate leaves, does that potentially jeopardize the bipartisan talks as the republicans listen to that and say why are we going to cut this deal if you re going to run around us later on? how delicate is the situation
good morning. i am kasie hunt on this thursday, june 24th. we ll start with the news. there appears to be a long awaited break threw on bipartisan infrastructure talks. specifics of the deal, including how it will be paid for, have not been released, but lawmakers seemed optimistic as they left a closed door meeting with officials last night. republicans and democrats have come together along with the white house, and we ve agreed on a framework, and we re going to be heading to the white house tomorrow. meanwhile white house officials also met with house speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer yesterday. democrats are considering two ways to pass their infrastructure priorities with or without republican support. we had a very good meeting we got into quite a bit of detail.
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The Ministerial Session for the First Extra-Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET)
The Ministerial Session for the First Extra-Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET)
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Theme: Setting Africa’s Infrastructure Priorities for the Next Decade
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December 14, 2020
The First extra-ordinary meeting of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastructures, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET) kicks off virtually on Monday under the theme “Africa’s Infrastructure Priorities 2021-2020”
On its first day, the meeting brought together more than 170 experts drawn from African Union Member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Regional and Continental Institutions, and partners.
Officially opening the Experts’ meeting, Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Mohina, First Undersecretary Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, current Chair of STC-TTIIT, said that Africa, is the land of promises with untapped potential in natural resources and human capacity.