it was 8.5% in march. however, that is negligible as we re stuck in record territory. prices for most everything are still well above pre-pandemic levels and nearly 6% higher than when president biden took office. here is the president hitting all of his alleged culprits, including senator rick scott, who called the president incapacitated and called for him to resign. president biden: the first cause of inflation is a once in a century pandemic and the second cause mr. putin s war in ukraine. what s the congressional republican plan? they don t want to they want to raise taxes and lower. senate rick scott laid it out in a plan. the ultra maga agenda. harris: rick scott is from florida, not wisconsin. senator, he is also governor hard to forget. republicans like senator john thune say they are finished with president biden s finger pointing. president biden is flailing around swinging blindly hoping that something will land. and his latest target, of course, is rick s
And reckless autocrats like putin, i m working with congress to pass landmark investments to help build a clean energy future as well. from tax credits for businesses that produce renewable energy to tax credits for families to make their homes more energy efficient, i met with nearly a dozen c.e.o. s of america s largest utility companies and they told me that including southern company, american electric power and 10 others, they confirm that if we pass the investments i m talking about, we ll immediately lower family s utility bills by as much as $500 a year, according to one estimate. that s going to make their homes more secure in terms of heat not getting out and air conditioning not escaping because they have good insulation. now, what s the congressional republican plan with respect to energy? first of all, their plan to give oil companies a free pass. right now, oil companies are sitting on 9,000 unused leases,
Autocrats like putin, i m working with congress to pass landmark investments to help build a clean energy future as well. from tax credits for businesses to produce renewable energy to tax credits for families. i met with the ceos of utility companies. they told me, including southern companies, american electric power and ten others, they confirmed that if we pass the investments i m talking about, we ll immediately lower family s utility bills by as much as $500 a year according to one estimate. that s going to make their homes more secure in terms of heat not getting out and air-conditioning not escaping because they have good insulation. now, what s the congressional republican plan with respect to energy? first of all, their plan is to give oil companies a free pass. for example, right now oil companies are sitting on 9,000 unused leases, oil leases, which
With macron. we ll see how does this all play out. have the democrats reset the button after the trump administration and they are starting these relationships anew? is he weaker or stronger in the sense that the president wanted congressional passage of the infrastructure plan, congressional timeline to pass sweeping spending plan that mostly has nothing to do with foreign affairs except for the climate part of t.biden wanted the wind at his back, personal political momentum and a climate piece that comes at the climate summit that comes at the end of the trip. he does have landmark investments in the framework. not guaranteed to get to the finish line. does he have the wind at the back or are europe dwran leaders looking at joe biden saying you re not donald trump but we re not sure. it s interesting if you listened to jake sullivan he was kind of asked these questions saying, look, we have to think that these foreign leaders also understand the domestic politics at play when it
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I’ve become nostalgic about last year’s office holiday party, as one does in 2020. It was lightly snowing that night, and I was on the deck of some Manhattan rooftop, surrounded by clear plastic igloos that have become hot commodities in pandemic times. Donald Trump was being impeached by the House of Representatives, and my colleagues from Vox Media’s New York office were singing off-key karaoke downstairs and I sometimes wish I had joined them.
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