MONDAY’S MEETING OF presidential electors in state capitols across the country is the kind of ritual that usually gets cursory news coverage, one of those quadrennial stories reported more as a reminder of the country’s quirky method of electing a president than a moment of true drama and importance. But all of that was different […]
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Markey leery of McConnell move on Green New Deal
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Mitch McConnell wants to turn the Green New Deal into a new green wedge, and that has rankled US Sen. Ed Markey, a co-sponsor of the policy idea. The so-called GND has become a plank in the platform of several Democrats, including presidential contenders, but Republicans see an opening to create divisions […]
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Markey leery of McConnell move on Green New Deal
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to turn the Green New Deal into a new green wedge, and that has rankled US Sen. Ed Markey, a co-sponsor of the policy idea. The so-called GND has become a plank in the platform of several Democrats, including presidential contenders, but Republicans see an opening to create divisions […]