Ryan Cooper: In the broad sweep of American history, the Senate’s only reliable behavior is obstruction.
at The American Prospect, it’s got a big pot of money for zero-carbon energy research, tax credits for wind, solar, heat pumps, electric vehicles, and a lot more. It’s great news.
The climate today is in parlous shape in large part because the Senate makes it almost impossible to govern this country. All that said, the Senate has still not acquitted itself well here. The act's climate spending is somewhat smaller than the climate package that previously passed the House, and it contains substantial fossil fuel benefits as a sop to swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who also cut out virtually all of Biden’s proposed welfare state expansions.
More importantly, twice before in the last 30 years the Senate has garroted a president’s climate policy. The climate today is in parlous shape in large part because the Senate makes it almost impossible to govern this country.even though Democrats had 59 votes because moderate Democrats like John D. Rockefeller of West Virginia and Evan Bayh of Indiana were leery of the proposal, and a much larger group refused to get rid of the filibuster. Similarly, moderate senators like David L.
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