President Biden’s slate of executive actions to respond to intensifying extreme heat and expand renewable energy are more important steps in the right direction to mitigate the growing consequences of climate change.
The Electoral Count Reform Act would take steps toward stopping rogue governors, state legislatures and members of Congress from ignoring valid election results. Though it’s no substitute for actual voting rights legislation, this bill is an important step toward stopping election subversion.
Once again, the corporate backed Senator Manchin has upended years-long negotiations with leadership and left key Democratic priorities on the cutting room floor without any chance of passage, threatening our climate and economy. We’re over it.
The CPC’s plan for immediate solutions – legislative and executive actions – is the exact leadership we need in this moment. Their slate makes it clear that the continual attacks on our constitutional rights demand a response from the full force of our government. The people will not accept inaction.
President Biden cannot go through with this deal and Meredith should never be confirmed to the federal bench. There’s no question about how Chad Meredith would rule as a judge. Given the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, no anti-choice lawyer should be nominated or confirmed at all.
This Executive Order will massively ramp up production of clean energy technology and infrastructure, create good jobs with strong labor standards, and spur the creation of a just energy system that centers environmental justice.