April 2, 2021

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Top News

• White House unveils $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, setting up giant battle over size and cost of government. Washington Post
• Fauci Expects Surge In Vaccinations To Keep A 4th Coronavirus Wave At Bay. NPR
• Dispute Over Pentagon Funds Part of White House Budget Delay. Bloomberg
• This Time, Lawmakers Want Control Over Covid-19 Aid. Stateline
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• ‘Green New Deal’ Leaders See Biden Climate Plans As A Victory, Kind Of. NPR
• “Mother Earth, the planet, is screaming at us”: U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry tells global leaders not enough is being done to fight climate change crisis. CBS News
• Biden’s Big Bet: Tackling Climate Change Will Create Jobs, Not Kill Them. New York Times
• A reshaped battlefield for climate policy. Roll Call

Indian Affairs

• Justice Department working with tribes on missing persons. Associated Press
• How Native Americans were vaccinated against smallpox, then pushed off their land. Washington Post
• Native American health clinics offering vaccine to visitors. Associated Press
• Dems pick white woman over Latinas, Native American for Haaland seat. Axios

Labor

• Historic Amazon union drive set to conclude. BBC
• U.S. Hiring Surge Expected for March With More Growth Ahead. Bloomberg
• The US Labor Board Isn’t Strong Enough To Protect Workers From Amazon. Some Union Organizers Want To Go Around It. BuzzFeed News
• Labor Secretary Marty Walsh calls jobs report ‘encouraging’ but says there’s ‘a lot of work to do.’ Yahoo News

Taxation & Trade

• Changes to capital gains taxes omitted from Biden’s infrastructure plan. Axios
• New Trade Representative Says U.S. Isn’t Ready to Lift China Tariffs. Wall Street Journal
• Business world divided on whether to fight corporate tax hike in Biden’s infrastructure plan. CNBC
• Pelosi opens door to lifting SALT tax cap in Biden’s $2.25T spending bill. Fox Business

Technology

• Auto leaders urge adoption of ‘common language’ for AV safety. Smart Cities Dive
• Biden infrastructure plan seeks hundreds of billions to beef up America’s tech prowess. CNBC
• Vermont Rep. Peter Welch proposes new regulatory agency to oversee Big Tech. Washington Examiner
• Ex-Google Policy Lead Founds Tech-Friendly Progressive Group. Bloomberg

Transportation & Infrastructure

• States’ Covid-era Budget Surpluses Could Pay For Infrastructure. RouteFifty
• How the American Jobs Plan aims to shape 4 pillars of city infrastructure. Smart Cities Dive
• 5 key takeaways from Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan. Washington Post
• Biden’s infrastructure plan will avoid hiking gasoline tax, vehicle miles fee: Cabinet official. Reuters

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