Morning Brief: White House faces progressives’ heat on climate

June 29, 2021
White House officials are touting the climate change bona fides of an infrastructure “framework” they reached with a bipartisan group of senators, though progressive lawmakers are increasingly pressing for much more robust climate mitigation measures in a separate, Democrats-only reconciliation bill. “I would dispute the notion that [the bipartisan framework] doesn’t do anything for climate, which some are arguing,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during a June 28 press briefing, according to The Hill . Psaki was...


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