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Revs. Jesse Jackson and William Barber arrested as pressure mounts to call out Manchin over filibuster
US Capitol Police said Jackson and Barber were among 21 people arrested on Wednesday near the US Supreme Court building for crowding and obstructing. Video footage shows the faith leaders were outside the Hart Senate Building at the time of their detention.
"When you start rolling back voter registration, rolling back early voting, undermining mail in balloting, putting limits on people even being able to get water, doing racist gerrymandering, class-based gerrymandering, you hurt Black people, you hurt White people, you hurt Asians, Natives, Latinos, young people and the disabled," Barber told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
The faith leaders are part of several high-profile figures and organizations demanding that lawmakers at the state and federal halt efforts to enact bills that restrict voting access and support the For the People Act, a signature voting and election bill that Democrats had pitched to counter state-level efforts.
Prior to their arrest, Barber held a rally in front of the US Supreme Court as part of the "Moral March on Manchin and McConnell." The event organized by the faith-led grassroots organization The Poor People's Campaign aimed to call on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to abolish the filibuster.
... three famous black faith leaders just turned up the pressure on Republican leaders everywhere to stop trying to unfairly influence the next election. Their subversive actions are being noticed across the country.
... there will be a lot marches until pressure builds to the point that something will have to change this year.
... their arrest just got $25M in free media coverage around the world!
Biden administration to sue Georgia over its GOP-enacted voter restrictions
The move comes as Republicans nationwide are enacting laws that disproportionately affect Democratic-leaning voters and people of color.
Washington Examiner
Dominion Energy builds 472-foot ship to install offshore wind turbines
Abby Smith
June 24, 2021, 7:19 pm
Virginia-based utility company Dominion Energy is building a massive ship to install offshore wind turbines, a move that will be significant to scaling the U.S. industry up to the level President Joe Biden envisions.
The power company, offshore wind developers, and clean energy advocates say construction of the vessel, which will be sea-ready in 2023, will be a watershed move for the offshore wind industry.
The United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 (USICA), formerly known as the Endless Frontier Act, is United States legislation sponsored by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Todd Young (R-IN) authorizing $110 billion for basic and advanced technology research over a five year period.
Over $10 billion was authorized for appropriation to designate ten regional technology hubs and create a supply chain crisis-response program. The act is aimed at competing with China. Before the full Senate vote, some Republican lawmakers such as Marco Rubio called for provisions that would prevent the allocation of grants to companies with financial ties to the People's Republic of China. Rubio's amendment to limit the Director of National Intelligence from issuing grants to companies invested in the People's Republic of China was tabled 55-40.On June 8, 2021, the USICA passed 68-32 in the Senate with bipartisan support.
The Act is awaiting approval in Congress before being signed into law by President Biden as part of his infrastructure proposal.
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