April 23, 2021

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Top News

• Senate GOP preserves earmark ban, adds strict debt ceiling posture. Politico
• Biden Administration Looks For Help With Next Phase Of Pitching COVID Vaccines. NPR
• DC statehood approved by House as Senate fight looms. Associated Press
• Major US Cities Face Challenging Budget Shortfalls, Report Shows. RouteFifty
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Biden’s Vision of Millions of Well-Paying Jobs in Clean Energy Is Far From Reality. Bloomberg
• Biden pledges to halve US carbon emissions by 2030. Smart Cities Dive
• Biden taps ocean scientist Rick Spinrad to run NOAA. Washington Post
• Unrecognized Tribes Struggle Without Federal Aid During Pandemic. NPR

Indian Affairs

• Tribes see progress in COVID-19 fight. Roll Call
• Hollywood typically depicts Native American stories as sad and one-note. The ‘Rutherford Falls’ creators had other ideas. Washington Post
• White House Drought Relief Working Group to Address Western Water Crisis. Drovers
• LaDonna Allard Dies at 64; Led Dakota Pipeline Protests. New York Times

Labor

• Biden Increases Seasonal-Worker Visas by 22,000. Wall Street Journal
• U.S. weekly jobless claims hit 13-month low; home sales tumble. Reuters
• NLRB rejects union decertification effort at poultry plant. Associated Press
• Biden to Pick Obama Alum Nayak as Labor Department Policy Chief. Bloomberg Law

Taxation & Trade

• Even as supply lines strain, Biden is in no rush to scrap Trump’s steel tariffs. Washington Post
• Biden will seek to raise taxes on richest Americans to fund sweeping education and child care proposals. CNN
• US urged to join mega APAC trade deal by China’s former chief trade negotiator. South China Morning Post
• Smaller Corporate Tax Increase Floated at White House Infrastructure Meeting. Wall Street Journal

Technology

• Antitrust pressure on Big Tech takes center stage in Congress. Axios
• Senate Leader Pushes for $110B Federal Government Tech Bill. Government Technology
• A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived. New York Times
• Five big players to watch in Big Tech’s antitrust fight. The Hill
• Biden infrastructure plan sparks lobbying war over how to fix America’s internet. Politico

Transportation & Infrastructure

• Amtrak’s proposed $80 billion windfall: Too much or too little? Roll Call
• Senate Republicans outline their own infrastructure plan — here’s what’s in it. CNBC
• US House Leaders Plan Late May Highway Bill Markup. Transport Topics
• Senators Grill Cabinet Secretaries on American Jobs Plan. RouteFifty
• Biden set to nominate Homendy to head U.S. NTSB. Reuters

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