massachusetts wednesday. stop short of declaring a national emergency, he hinted that such a move could be coming in the weeks ahead.e clear, climate change is an emergency and in the coming weeks i m going to the power i ve have as president to turn these words into formal official government actions of the appropriate proclamation, executive order that they president possesses. when it comes to fighting climate change, i will not take no for an answer. let s bring in also journal columnist chemist also come editorial board and editorial pay writer. so kim, first quick question, is there any chance the presidents climate agenda could come back legislatively and congress this year? it is possible for the reason it is stalled right now senator joe manchin saw this most recent inflation numbers part he has been trying to come to an agreement with them. but decided it would not be good economically to move just right now. he left open the possibility this was something tha
lawsuit is? basically the idea that the education department is now given official sanction to a group that is primary actual purposes going to be lobbying and organizing. and the idea is that these sorts of councils, as you mention, in order to balance against the possibility of this kind of political advocacy have space for equal representation from a bunch of different political viewpoints. but, if you look at the resumes of the members of this council which gillian just gave us the rundown of you can clearly see they are all very closely aligned with the progressive position on education reform. it seems there is a pretty strong case this council is in violation of that requirement to have equal representation from different viewpoints if you are creating an organization as part of a sanction body. paul: there s also a requirement, mene, certain requires and have them meet in
trillion dollar bill will ever pass, the mission misses significantly. the best chance of getting it done is for that more conservative bill on the larger more progressive bill to move together. if i were to house republican leader, i would look at that and say, you know what let s let enough house republican votes for this, again lots of republicans like that. legislation lets another republican vote for this, that it passes. because we don t mind this bill, it s fairly conservative bill it lines up with a lot of conservative priorities, and we can thereby remove all the leverage the progressives have, the larger bill will never pass. this whole well with a waste of time for the democrats. and will get something to brag about next week, next year. for our reelection campaigns in our home state. why is that not alive possibility? that seems rational to me? i actually had a similar thought, rachel, a few hours ago. why aren t republican leaders providing some votes to pass the infrastru
leader i would look at that and say you know what? let s enough house republicans vote for this. lots of republicans like that legislation. let s let enough republicans vote for this that it passes. because we don t mind this bill. it s fairly conservative. it lines up with a lot of conservative priorities. and we can thereby remove all the leverage the progressives have. the larger bill will never pass. the whole debate will be a waste of time for the democrats and we have something to brag about next year for our re-election campaigns in our home states. why is that not a leave possibility? it seems rational to me. i actually had a similar thought, rachel, a few hours ago. why aren t republican leaders providing some votes to pass this infrastructure bill? because that would undercut the goal of house progressives if they do pass this tonight. the progressive position, their fear as you point out, is that if the infrastructure bill passes then centrist democrats in the house and th
leaders providing some votes to pass this infrastructure bill? because that would undercut the goal of house progressives if they do pass this tonight. the progressive position, their fear as you point out, is that if the infrastructure bill passes then centrist democrats in the house and the senate will bolt. they will say, we didn t commit to doing this other thing or we would like to shrink it, cut it in half. centrist democrats insisted that is not what they are planning to do. congressman gottheimer ho has been pushing for the vote says he is absolutely committed to the reconciliation bill and progressives are less worried about centrists in the house. they re more worried about centrist democratic senators. manchin came out with his plan for the first time today his price tag publicly at least $1.5 trillion which is a far cry from the $3.5 trillion the vast majority of democrats want. senator sinema has not said what her number is. she has not given a number and the opaqueness is