The Democrats’ First Move After Their Big Win? A Giveaway to Big Oil.
An opinion article by Aaron Regunberg in The New Republic argues that in their first major action after winning their biggest congressional majorities in 50 years, Chuck Schumer, Brian Schatz, and 21 other Democratic senators voted to fast-track the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a Republican bill the piece calls a giveaway to Big Oil and Big Tech. It says the bill, drafted behind closed doors with fossil fuel input, would gut the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and NEPA, and urges readers to pressure Democrats before the Senate's final vote.
