‘Not Even In The Same Book’: Dem Disarray Continues As House Meeting Fails To Bring Biden Consensus
Discord within the Democratic Party continued Tuesday as the House Democratic Caucus seemingly failed to reach a consensus on President Biden’s path forward during an all-hands meeting in Washington, D.C. Democratic Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen told reporters that, not only are House Dems not on the same page, “we’re not even in the same book,” […]
Senate hearing previews emerging bipartisan consensus on reining in gain-of-function research
In a surprisingly substantive hearing today, members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee seemed to signal an emerging consensus that gain-of-function research that some believe is a likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic requires significant additional government oversight, or even a complete halt. The hearing, chaired by Democratic Senator Gary Peters (Mich.), […]
Key Colorado River conservation deadline arrives, with no consensus on the horizon
Monday marked a key deadline for Colorado River states to propose consensual plants for long-term water conservation in overtaxed systems. However, such an agreement was not on the table once the deadline set by the Home Office’s Bureau of Reclamation arrived. Instead, his two main branches of the river system, the upper and lower reaches, […]