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WASHINGTON 鈥?President Donald Trump has done something remarkable in the government shutdown: He unified the diverse new House Democratic m stanley cup ajority firmly behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi.It not even about the wall at this point. Democrats are sticking together with an unusual amount of unity as a way to strengthen Pelosi hand and set a tone in the new Congress that Trump can ;t simply demand $5.7 billion 鈥?using federal workers as leverage 鈥?to get his long-promised border wall with Mexico, or anything else stanley cup on his wish list.People do understand that this is no longer just about the wall, it about how Donald Trump operates with the Democratic majority in the House, said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. If we give into him on this, what happens if he wants to cut Social Security or Medicare or end legal migration or cut food stamps If we give into him on this, what happens if he wants to cut Social Security or Medicare or end l stanley cup egal migration or cut food stamps she asked. Do we allow him to take us hostage for anything he wants Pelosi, she said, is already proving herself to be a 8220 trong speaker, unlike her recent Republican predecessors. She also not afraid of him.As the shutdown crisis begins a second month, the White House believes it Democrats who will feel pressure to cave. Services are being disrupted and 800,000 federal wo Pxun State Department misses climate report deadline
WASHINGTON 鈥?Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs.The position was outlined in a memo released last month in support of the administration proposal to relax fuel mileage standards. The government released the memo online this month without fanfare.Growth of natural gas and other alternatives to petroleum has reduced the need for imported oil, which in turn affects the need of the nation to conserve energy, the Energy Department said. It also cites the now decade-old fracking revolution that has unlocked U.S. shale oil reser stanley cup ves, giving the United States more flexibility than in the past to use our oil resources with less concern.With the memo, the administration is formally challenging old justifications for conservation 鈥?even congressionally prescribed ones, as with the mileage standards. The memo made no mention of climate change. Transportation is the single largest source of climate-changing emissions.President Donald Trump has questioned the existence of climate air force 1 change, embraced the notion of energy dominance as a national goal, and called for easing what he ca yeezy lls burdensome regulation of oil, gas and coal, including repealing the Obama Clean Power Plan.Despite the increased oil supplies, the administration continues t