Democrats Plan Clean Energy Push and Ethics Reform for New Congress
Some Democrats promise a clean energy push when they take control of Congress in January, while an opinion piece in The Hill says the party has a chance to act on its reform commitments.
ABC News reported that some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January. The report's headline says the planned push is meant to lower bills and challenge Trump's fossil fuel agenda, but the summary does not name the Democrats making the promise or describe specific legislation.
A separate opinion piece in The Hill by David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler, listed as opinion contributors, takes up the party's commitments on reform. Its summary says Democrats now have a "golden opportunity" to make good on those commitments, but only if they learn from the past. Because the piece is opinion, its statements are the views of its authors.
The Hill's headline states that Democrats won and that they must now clean house. The summary does not define what that call would involve or which past practices the authors believe should be avoided.
The two reports address different subjects. ABC News covers energy costs and policy, while The Hill covers reform, and neither summary says whether the two agendas are connected. ABC News describes the energy promise as coming from some Democrats, while The Hill describes the opportunity as belonging to Democrats generally.
The only timing given in either summary is the start of the new Congress in January, when Democrats take control according to ABC News. Neither summary provides further detail on how or when either agenda would be advanced.
Sources: The Hill: Democrats won - now they must clean house; ABC News: Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trump’s fossil fuel agenda.