October 8, 2021
Summit Strategies News
- Summit Strategies Welcomes Jake Oken-Berg to the team. Politico Influence
Top News
- Slow progress on budget package with deadline weeks away. Roll Call
- Why the Senate blinked and moved back from the brink of a federal default crisis. Washington Post
- 6 Aspects of American Life Threatened by Climate Change. New York Times
- Remember ‘I’m Just a Bill’? Here’s the 2021 version. Politico
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico
Energy & Natural Resources
- This is America’s last, best chance for decisive climate action. Vox
- Biden Administration to Restore Climate Criteria to Landmark Environmental Law. New York Times
- Cutting climate programs may be harder than other things as Biden trims his bill. NPR
- Climate hawks reject compromise in reconciliation. Roll Call
Indian Affairs
- Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans disproportionally killed by Covid-19 last year, study says. NBC News
- Senate confirms 1st Native American federal judge in Washington. OPB
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to Hold Hearing on Indian Water Rights Settlement Bills. Native News
- More information, Indigenous involvement needed on missing and murdered issue, leaders say. Casper Star Tribune
Labor
- U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fell More Than Expected Last Week. Bloomberg Law
- Fed up by pandemic, US food workers launch rare strikes. ABC News
- California Freelancers Held to Worker Test, Ninth Circuit Says. Bloomberg Law
- U.S. Job Growth Falls to Slowest Pace of Year. Wall Street Journal
Taxation & Trade
- How the Tax Bill Could Hit Two U.S. Companies, One Domestic, the Other Global. Wall Street Journal
- U.S. trade representative Tai vows to enforce ‘phase one’ trade deal with China. CNBC
- Biggest tax haven in U.S.? South Dakota, says Pandora Papers investigation. CBS News
- America’s Ports are Preparing Large Infrastructure Projects. The Maritime Executive
Technology
- Facebook whistleblower testifies company ‘is operating in the shadows, hiding its research from public scrutiny’. CNN
- The global chip shortage will probably hit your everyday life. CNBC
- Facebook Hearing Strengthens Calls for Regulation in Europe. New York Times
- U.S. Set Out to Hobble China’s Huawei, and So It Has. Wall Street Journal
Transportation & Infrastructure
- Congress faces 3 major economic deadlines before the year ends: Debt limit, infrastructure and government funding. CNBC
- Transportation Leaders Push Transformative Updates Post-COVID. Transport Topics
- Climate change pushes transit systems to the brink. USA Today
- Biden says he has directed DOJ to focus on violence from unruly airline passengers. The Hill
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