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The Democratic party's foremost environmental concern is climate change. [15] Democrats, most notably former Vice President Al Gore , have pressed for stern regulation of greenhouse gases . On October 15, 2007, Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to build greater knowledge about man-made climate change and laying the foundations for ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s two-step funding bill easily passed the US senate ahead of 17 November government shutdown deadline – after Democrats joined Republicans to pass vote in the lower ...
Democrats warn of a potential government shutdown as Biden calls a meeting with lawmakers Scott Wong and Frank Thorp V and Rebecca Kaplan and Syedah Asghar and Ghael Fobes February 26, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Democrats on Wednesday again helped Republicans get a short-term government funding bill over the finish line to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month. The bill passed by a 341-82 ...
209 Democrats joined in to help the bill pass 336 to 95, with 93 Republicans in opposition. ... All that could change in the new year when 1% cuts across the board to all departments would be ...
The transition into today's Democratic Party was cemented in 1948, when Harry Truman introduced a pro-civil rights platform and, in response, many Democrats walked out and formed the Dixiecrats. Most rejoined the Democrats over the next decade, but in the 1960s, Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
Schumer, D-N.Y., outlined a path for Democrats to change the Senate rules that require holding 50 of their 51 seats. The party expects to lose Sen. Joe Manchin's seat in West Virginia but hopes to ...
The Democratic Party also favors expansion of conservation lands and encourages open space and rail travel to relieve highway and airport congestion and improve air quality and the economy as it "believe[s] that communities, environmental interests, and the government should work together to protect resources while ensuring the vitality of ...