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Democrats reignite ‘price gouging’ furor against Big Oil after record 2022 profits

Democrats on Capitol Hill have a bone to pick with oil companies after they raked in record profits last year thanks to high prices at the pump, even as they call for less production to combat climate change.

February 2, 2023

Spotlight shifts to Schumer amid pressure to ban U.S. oil sales to China

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is being lobbied by members of both parties to pass bipartisan legislation that would ban sales from the nation's emergency oil stockpile going to China over national security concerns.

February 1, 2023

Oklahoma weighs divesting billions from BlackRock, other finance firms over climate-friendly ESG

The world's largest financial institutions that do business with Oklahoma were put on notice by the state Wednesday that they're at risk of losing billions of dollars in business if they engage in climate-friendly investment practices that Republicans call "woke capitalism."

February 1, 2023

Biden bungles promotion of electric vehicle tax credits

President Biden has found himself in the hot seat after appearing behind the wheel of a GMC Hummer EV in a picture posted to his Twitter account while promoting electric vehicle tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act.

January 31, 2023

Republicans, Manchin set sights on tanking Biden’s climate friendly 401(k) rules

Republicans in Congress are seeking to scuttle new rules from the Biden administration that allow retirement fund managers to consider climate change and other factors that conservative critics call "woke capitalism."

January 31, 2023

House GOP warns against ‘massive subsidies and rigging regulations’ in favor of clean energy

House Republicans fired a warning shot Tuesday at Democrats' climate change agenda, cautioning that the days of the clean energy sector receiving major favorable treatment from the federal government over that of fossil fuels is over under a GOP-controlled chamber.

January 31, 2023

Schumer tells House GOP to ‘come out of hiding’ and show proposed spending cuts

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer escalated his rhetoric Monday over the standoff with the GOP on raising the nation's debt ceiling, telling House Republicans that they need to "come out of hiding" to outline spending cuts in exchange for avoiding default.

January 30, 2023

Conservative climate groups hold House GOP’s feet to the fire on energy, climate agenda

A group of conservative energy and environmental organizations want House Republicans to make good on their agenda to address climate change and rising energy costs.

January 30, 2023

Mark Warner, Marco Rubio blast lack of answers on classified docs

In their pursuit of answers about the contents of the classified documents found in possession of President Biden and former President Donald Trump, senators on the Intelligence Committee on Sunday blasted intel officials over the lack of transparency.

January 29, 2023

Kevin McCarthy takes entitlements cut ‘off the table’ ahead of debt limit meeting with Biden

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden will meet Wednesday to discuss lifting the nation's $31.5 trillion debt ceiling to avoid default in June.

January 29, 2023

Jim Jordan pours cold water on law enforcement reform after Memphis police kill Tyre Nichols

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Sunday pumped the brakes at the notion Congress should take up legislation to address policing in the wake of Tyre Nichols' death at the hand of Memphis police officers.

January 29, 2023

House Intelligence Committee chair cites ‘systematic problem’ in mishandling classified documents

House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner said Sunday the U.S. has a "systematic problem" in the mishandling of classified documents at the highest levels of government, and he "can't imagine a circumstance" in which politicians would need classified documents outside of their secured government locations.

January 29, 2023

Durbin reflects on failed police reform: ‘That in and of itself is not enough’

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin doubled down on his party's decision years ago in the wake of George Floyd's murder to pass up bipartisan changes to policing to prevent deaths of unarmed Black men by law enforcement.

January 29, 2023

House Dems who were kicked off committees air grievances against Kevin McCarthy

A trio of House Democrats kicked off committees by Republicans took to CNN on Sunday to air grievances against Speaker Kevin McCarthy, accusing him of playing politics.

January 29, 2023

Red states slap Biden administration with lawsuit over climate friendly retirement fund rules

Republican-led states filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Department of Labor over a rule set to take effect Monday that would allow retirement fund managers to consider climate change and other factors under environmental, social and governance investing principles, or ESG.

January 26, 2023

McConnell dings Democrats, Manchin for intraparty ‘chaos’ over electric vehicle tax credits

Sen. Joe Manchin III's efforts to enforce the Biden administration's implementation of the electric vehicle tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act are being rebuffed by members of his own party.

January 26, 2023

Senate Dems ask FTC to probe gunmaker for alleged illegal marketing of assault rifles to kids

Senate Democrats on Thursday requested that the Federal Trade Commission investigate gunmaker WEE1 Tactical, accusing the Illinois-based company of flouting laws against marketing firearms to children.

January 26, 2023

Climate-friendly ESG investing gets boost from House Democrats

A group of House Democrats launched the "Sustainable Investment Caucus" Wednesday to promote climate-friendly investing to push back against Republican criticism of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing principles are "woke" progressive capitalism.

January 25, 2023

Senate Republicans bow out of debt default standoff, say it’s up to McCarthy in House

Republican senators want budget cuts in exchange for lifting the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, but they say the onus is on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to use his leverage to pass a budget with GOP priorities and negotiate a deal with Democrats to avoid a U.S. default on its debt.

January 25, 2023

Chairman Jim Jordan sets first House Judiciary hearing next week on southern border

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan will hold the panel's first hearing of the new Congress next week on illegal immigration streaming across the U.S.-Mexico border.

January 25, 2023