WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): 6:40 p.m. Former U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. is criticizing President Donald Trump for prioritizing his own interests over the nation’s following the deadly siege of the Capitol by the president’s supporters. In a statement Thursday, the Trump-era ambassador called on Americans to join together and push through this “anguishing period of history.” His comments come a day after violent protesters broke into the U.S. Capitol, forcing Congress members to halt the
Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019
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‘Centrist’ Dems miss their chance to be unifiers December 21, 2020 9:35 AM CDT By John Wojcik
In a secret Steering Committee vote for nominees to key House Energy and Commerce Committee, Democrats led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi voted to bar New York s progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a leader in the fight for Green New Deal and Medicare for All. | J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Quick to condemn progressive Democrats for not exercising enough care to build party unity, centrist and conservative House Democrats, when given their chance to preserve party unity, instead voted by secret ballot Friday to bar New York’s progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from securing a seat on the important Energy and Commerce Committee.
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In an early indication of which ideological faction of the Democratic Party will control the policy agenda in the upcoming Congress, a House body tasked with deciding committee assignments overwhelmingly voted Thursday to deny progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a spot on the powerful Energy and Commerce panel, instead handing the seat to centrist Rep. Kathleen Rice.
The landslide 46-13 vote in favor of Rice by the House Steering and Policy Committee which is chaired by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was viewed as establishment backlash against Ocasio-Cortez over her willingness to publicly break with the party brass on key policy matters and criticize Pelosi s leadership, as she did in an interview with