H.448, an act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington, passed in the State House of Representatives on February 22, 2022, by a vote of 96-47.
The Climate Plan and the Global Warming Solutions Act will have zero impact on the list of things Rep. Sibilia (and others who think as she does) puts forward as reasons why we “need to move.”
Any law that elevates one group of people over another causes division. The fact that these senators have elevated themselves above the people that they are supposed to serve is telling.
Biden’s ties to the former Soviet Union have no doubt contributed to the situation we are in. For example, he contributed mightily to the well being of Russia by shutting down the U.S. energy infrastructure.
Going into town meeting break there is still much up in the air in the legislative session. The Senate Natural Resources Committee moved an imperfect Act 250 bill that would include the road rule provision that will likely draw a veto threat from the governor.
Focusing of the federal government’s response to the pandemic, the Government Accountability Office, the congressional watchdog, is providing Congress and the public a panoramic view of the problems.
S.30 as written does nothing for people’s safety. Criminals will get guns illegally, anytime, all the time, whenever they want them, all around Vermont.
For at least the second time in six months, opponents of an outspoken conservative have successfully cancelled a speech venue by pressuring hosting organizations. In both cases, the speakers found a different venue and continued speaking.
The only hope for winning without actual fighting is to take wartime measures to defang Russia by relieving European dependency on Russia’s gas and oil and crushing the price of those commodities.
Overnight we went from supplying fuels to ourselves and western Europe and putting the pinch on Russian cash flow to paying three times as much for fossil fuels we didn’t need from them when Trump was president.
The AP/NORC poll released Wednesday found that only 26% of surveyed Americans support the U.S. playing a “major role” in the “situation between Russia and Ukraine.” According to the poll, 52% said the U.S. should play a “minor role” and 20% said “no role” at all.
The politically savvy Kurt Wright asked the question on many minds: “What you will hear from your opponent over and over is, ‘Do we want to turn this seat over to any Republican, which could potentially turn the U.S. Senate over to Mitch McConnell?’”