Five senior Republicans decline to run for re-election in 2022
Replacements may be less inclined to legislative compromise April 5, 2021 5:01 AM By Nancy Ognanovich
President Joe Bidenâs window to strike deals with Senate institutionalists who practiced traditional deal-making is steadily narrowing as more veterans prepare to head for the exits.
As Biden starts a push to enact ambitious plans to invest $4 billion into the nationâs infrastructure, Republicans known for negotiating large bipartisan spending agreements are entering the homestretch of their Senate careers. Five have already said they wonât seek re-election in 2022.
Veteran congressional watchers say the planned departures of GOP Sens. Richard Shelby (Ala.), Roy Blunt (Mo.), Rob Portman (Ohio), Richard Burr (N.C.), and Pat Toomey(Pa.) signal a continuing shift away from the kind of lawmakers who have long cobbled together bipartisan deals. Likely to take their place are hardliners less i
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Newly released dietary guidelines generate mixed reactions
New five-year dietary guidelines, released in late December by USDA, brought strong approval from mainstream beef, dairy and grain organizations, but left other health advocates concerned.
Updated every five years, the guidelines serve as the foundation for federal nutrition policy and shape the recommendations found on USDA s MyPlate graphic.
Nina Teicholz, author and executive director of The Nutrition Coalition, said the new guidelines overlook the fact that 60 percent of the U.S. population already suffers from at least one chronic, diet-related condition.
Ultimately, USDA rejected recommendations from an advisory committee made up of health and medical experts, which advised lower limits on alcohol and added sugars.
Good riddance, 2020
Good-bye, 2020, and the horse you rode in on. Go, and take your grief and sorrow with you. Let our elders rest in peace, our little ones go back to school and our college students get on with beginning their adult lives. Let our seniors dare to set foot in a grocery store, our families gather to celebrate holidays and milestones.
Free our nurses and doctors, teachers and EMS workers, shopkeepers, clerks and waiters from the constant anxiety that earning a living might result in an untimely death. Lift this burden on those who give the most and risk the most.
State of Maine: Ring in the new year making the right choices
Good-bye, 2020, and the horse you rode in on. Go, and take your grief and sorrow with you. Let our elders rest in peace, our little ones go back to school and our college students get on with beginning their adult lives. Let our seniors dare to set foot in a grocery store, our families gather to celebrate holidays and milestones.
Free our nurses and doctors, teachers and EMS workers, shopkeepers, clerks and waiters from the constant anxiety that earning a living might result in an untimely death. Lift this burden on those who give the most and risk the most.
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