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by Jenna Bloxom (Advanced Biofuels USA) The May 5 th, 2021 Congressional hearing of the CLEAN Future Act: Driving Decarbonization of the Transportation Sector was a veritable marathon of legislative discourse just shy of four hours long as both parties debated what they deemed, in their own succinct if not melodramatic words, as the way to “winning the future”. This particular test of deliberative endurance was certainly not the first nor the final hearing of the CLEAN Future Act, so the members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce focused on reiterating their broader arguments regarding the bill’s overall goals and impacts rather than any nuanced specifics found within its 981 pages. ....
Print this article The Biden administration is boasting progress in acquiring zero-emissions vehicles for the federal fleet, but it is still a long way off from reaching the president s goal to electrify every federal vehicle. This year, the federal government is on track to triple its procurement of zero-emissions vehicles, the White House announced during Joe Biden’s climate summit last month. Putting the federal government’s progress thus far in context, however, shows it will likely take many years to reach Biden’s goal. “These things take time. They don’t happen overnight,” said Dorothy Robyn, a senior fellow at the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy who worked at the General Services Administration and the Defense Department during the Obama administration. ....
May 6, 2021 7:02 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee President Joe Bidenâs plan to raise $700 billion over a decade from increased tax audits of the wealthy and corporations a major funding source for his economic-investment proposals will probably take years to bear fruit and faces skepticism that the figure is realistic. The Biden administration has proposed a more than 10% funding increase for the Internal Revenue Service for the next fiscal year and an overall investment of $80 billion over the next 10 years to beef up the agencyâs depleted auditing staff and outdated technology. Bidenâs American Families Plan, released last week, highlighted the audit take as a principal way to pay for $1.8 trillion in initiatives including child care and education. ....
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POLITICO Get the POLITICO Influence newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by With Daniel Lippman PHARMA, MANUFACTURERS BLAST ADMINISTRATION OVER VACCINE PATENT WAIVERS: The Biden administration on Wednesday reversed course and said it supports waiving patent and other intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines in a bid to ramp up production of the shots around the globe a victory for progressives who had pressured the administration and potentially a major blow for the pharmaceutical industry, which had lobbied heavily against the waiver. ....