Biden's climate agenda bogged down in divided Congress
Rachel Kyte is quoted about global concerns that the United States may not be able to fulfill its climate promises if Democrats lose control of the Senate or House of Representatives following the 2022 midterm elections, via Financial Times.
Adding urgency to the legislative push are the midterm elections in 2022, when Democrats risk losing control of the Senate or the House of Representatives.
“The rest of the world is intimately familiar with midterm elections and how the US Senate works, because they are concerned that the domestic delivery of the climate promises is imperilled by the toxic politics here,” said Rachel Kyte, dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Republicans have argued that the infrastructure proposals should focus more on roads, bridges, and construction projects and objected to provisions that would subsidise electric cars and support non-fossil energy.