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UrduPress-only preview: https://plos.io/3HckDmQ Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000043 Article Title: Electoral appeal of climate policies: The Green New Deal and the 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections Author Countries: U.S.A. Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that…
Tag: House Of Representatives
Virginia Tech experts: Jan. 6 hearings will continue with substance and stunts
Substantive or stunt? Productive or pandering? Two Virginia Tech experts say the proceedings this month of the House committee investigating the January 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are shaping up to include moments of import as well as moments…
House spending bill’s immigration provisions are historic
The House of Representatives is expected to vote today on a $1.75 trillion social spending bill. Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School and co-author of a leading 21-volume immigration law series, says the House bill’s immigration provisions,…
Over One-Third of Congressional Members Held Significant Health Care-Related Financial Assets
A new study shows that over a third of all members of Congress held health care-related assets with a median total value per member of over $43,000 between 2004 and 2014.
Federal government commitment necessary to protect voting rights for historically marginalized people, Fraga testifies
On July 27, Luis Fraga, the Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership at the University of Notre Dame, testified via Zoom at the House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on “The Need to Enhance the Voting Rights Act: Practice-Based Coverage.”
DC statehood represents ‘equal rights of citizenship,’ not politics
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 51, a bill that would make the District of Columbia the 51ststate. David Bateman, professor of government at Cornell University, is an expert on congressional politics and author of the book,…
Cornell immigration experts available on farmworkers, DACA
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on two immigration bills. One bill would give DACA recipients and other immigrants with legal status a pathway to citizenship, and the other would allow farmworkers in the country illegally…
Cornell experts available as immigration bill hits Congress
Congress is expected to begin considering the Biden administration’s immigration bill this week. The proposed legislation would include a pathway for undocumented immigrants in the United States before Jan. 1 to apply for legal status. Given the tight political margins…
George Washington University Experts Available for Media Interviews on Former President Trump’s Impeachment Trial
The second impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump, who is charged with incitement of insurrection, will commence on Feb. 9, 2021. The George Washington University has the following experts available to discuss impeachment, including the constitutionality of the trial,…
Study Suggests Financial Holdings Influenced Key Votes For House Lawmakers
A recent study found strong associations between the financial holdings of legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives and how those lawmakers voted on key financial legislation.
APS ISSUES RARE RESOLUTION TO CONGRESS
For the first time in more than 60 years, the American Philosophical Society (APS), founded by Benjamin Franklin and the nation’s oldest learned society, has issued a public resolution calling on Congress to enact a National Defense Education Act for the 21st Century. The resolution has been sent to the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate.
AANA Urges Congress to Provide Front-Line Healthcare Workers Proper Compensation During Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain the physical and emotional well-being of front-line healthcare workers, many also are facing a financial burden and strain on their personal lives.
National CRNA Week: The House of Representatives Recognizes the Contributions of Nurse Anesthetists
In honor of National CRNA Week (Jan. 19-25, 2020), Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), and Sam Graves (R-MO) today introduced a bipartisan resolution on the House floor, “Recognizing the roles and the contributions of America’s Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their role in providing quality health care for the public.”
Public impeachment hearings to offer check on ‘imperial presidency’
The House of Representatives will begin a series of public hearings on Wednesday in the ongoing impeachment inquiry directed at President Trump. First to testify will be acting ambassador to Ukraine, William B. Taylor Jr., followed by Deputy Assistant Secretary…