Ramsey Touchberry
Articles by Ramsey Touchberry
Montana sues nonprofit over ESG investing to claw back taxpayer funds
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit Thursday against a nonprofit group of attorneys general seeking to recoup state money after the organization allegedly made investments that violated state law. Published June 8, 2023
Heavy smoke helps cloud political rift between climate, forest management
The haze from Canadian wildfires that swallowed up much of the northeast U.S. on Thursday fueled a partisan clash in Washington over what starts such fires. Published June 8, 2023
House hearing heats up when Democrat objects to GOP colleague’s use of term ‘woke’ to criticize ESG
A congressional hearing Tuesday on ESG investing took an abrupt and contentious turn when a House Democrat accused her Republican colleagues of being racist for describing the hot-button financial practice as woke capitalism. Published June 6, 2023
Manchin interrupted at energy event by protesters denouncing ‘dirty’ Mountain Valley Pipeline deal
Sen. Joe Manchin III was speaking about energy policy at an event in Washington Tuesday for all of 90 seconds before climate change protesters stopped the conservative West Virginia Democrat in his tracks. Published June 6, 2023
Republicans ratchet up probes into Biden energy officials, climate policies
Congressional Republicans intensified probes into the Biden administration over its energy and climate policies by demanding Monday that top officials disclose more information about potential ethics violations and impacts on the U.S. economy. Published June 5, 2023
Sen. Joe Manchin says White House miscalculated by refusing to negotiate on debt limit
Sen. Joe Manchin III criticized his party and the White House on Sunday for initially refusing to negotiate with House Republicans on raising the debt ceiling. Published June 4, 2023
GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy: ‘America First’ agenda does not ‘belong to Trump’
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy disagrees with Donald Trump's claim to the slogan "America First," saying it doesn't belong to anyone, including the former president. Published June 4, 2023
McCarthy ally says speakership ‘absolutely safe’ despite conservative fury over debt limit
A key ally of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy downplayed talks from hardline conservatives Sunday that the California Republican may deserve to be ousted as speaker over the debt limit deal with President Biden. Published June 4, 2023
House Republican Rep. Buck to Ron DeSantis: Don’t ‘try to out-Trump Donald Trump’
Rep. Ken Buck, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, offered some unsolicited advice Sunday to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a GOP presidential candidate: do not attempt to "out-Trump Donald Trump." Published June 4, 2023
Rep. Jamie Raskin ‘seriously considering’ open Senate seat in Maryland
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat who was lead impeachment manager in former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, said Sunday he's weighing a run for Senate. Published June 4, 2023
Senate passes debt limit bill; IRS funding to be cut by more than $20 billion
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer pushed through legislation on Thursday waiving the nation's debt limit until January 2025, overcoming obstacles put up by defense hawks, deficit hardliners, and even environmentalist Democrats. Published June 1, 2023
Senate races to pass debt-limit deal to avoid first-ever default
The Senate was poised to pass the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement struck by President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as early as Thursday night, preparing to send it to Mr. Biden's desk just days before a first-ever default on the nation's bills was to take place. Published June 1, 2023
Biden’s greenlighting of fossil fuel pipeline may weaken Democrats’ ability to boost clean energy
The White House has long used a stalled fossil fuel pipeline as a bargaining chip with Republicans in the administration's efforts to attract GOP support for supercharging renewables by accelerating the nation's energy permitting laws. Published June 1, 2023
Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal to face new obstacles in Senate as looming deadline closes in
The Senate is struggling to reach an arrangement to allow for swift passage of the Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal before next week's default deadline. Published May 31, 2023
Biden DOJ sues family coal business of GOP challenger to Sen. Joe Manchin
The Department of Justice filed a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit Wednesday against the coal empire run by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican running for U.S. Senate. Published May 31, 2023
Climate activists target Schumer, top Biden energy official over West Virginia pipeline
The approval of West Virginia's Mountain Valley Pipeline included in the debt-limit deal by President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is spurring action from climate protesters. Published May 30, 2023
McConnell, Schumer urge swift passage of debt-limit deal as hardliners defect
Republican and Democratic Senate leaders on Tuesday praised the bipartisan debt ceiling deal struck by President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, despite hardliners in both parties criticizing the agreement for having too many compromises. Published May 30, 2023
Why liberals and climate activists are lashing out over debt limit deal’s energy policies
President Biden's Democratic allies and environmentalists are attacking his deal with House Republicans to suspend the debt ceiling over the legislation's inclusion of provisions they fear undercut the administration's green energy agenda. Published May 30, 2023
House GOP sells deal with Biden as restoring ‘fiscal sanity’ amid backlash from right
House Republicans are working overtime to lock down support among their conference for the debt limit agreement between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden as conservatives openly trash the bipartisan deal. Published May 29, 2023
Ron DeSantis trashes McCarthy-Biden debt limit deal, says it puts U.S. ‘careening toward bankruptcy’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday condemned the bipartisan deal struck over the weekend between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden to lift the nation's debt ceiling as "totally inadequate" when it comes to slashing federal spending. Published May 29, 2023
