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Infrastructure After little progress over the past month, a group of 21 bipartisan senators announced Wednesday evening that they agreed with the White House on a tentative framework for a […]

Infrastructure President Joe Biden ended negotiations with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and other Republicans on June 8, after failing to come to a deal on an infrastructure plan that […]

Appropriations The House and Senate Appropriations Committees continue to hold hearings on FY2022 budgets. The administration is planning on releasing the President’s $6 trillion FY2022 budget on Friday, May 28. […]

Infrastructure Infrastructure negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans have seen little progress, though neither side wants to walk away. Lead Republican negotiator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) says she […]

In 1989, countries around the world gathered in Basel, Switzerland, where they would eventually establish an international treaty, known as the Basel Convention, to prevent dumping of wastes in developing […]

CLEAN Future Act Several committees have started examining the sprawling provisions of the CLEAN Future Act. On May 5, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing […]

Water Infrastructure On April 29, the Senate approved the bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (S. 914) in an 89-2 vote. The legislation would authorize approximately $35 […]

The country has several intersecting challenges it needs to address simultaneously: ending the COVID pandemic, rebuilding the American economy, mitigating and adapting to the climate change, and making our communities […]