Joe Biden's most progressive promises are about to be squeezed through a Senate panel where the new president and his Democratic allies have little room to maneuver.
The Judiciary Committee will play a pivotal role over the next two years in determining whether Democrats can make good on an agenda that helped them take full control of Washington. The panel’s to-do list is long, encompassing everything from immigration to voting rights to criminal justice reform to gun violence to expanding LGBTQ rights — and its mission is complicated by a roster of senators on both sides of the aisle with bigger national ambitions.
Senate Democrats are acutely aware that given their narrowest of majorities, they're short on time to get things done and in need of some GOP support to steer past the still-intact filibuster. That task is especially challenging on the Judiciary panel, whose chair, Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), acknowledged in an interview that the first year of a president’s first term is “when you get the most done.”
Durbin, who is also the No. 2 Senate Democrat, named the topic he's led years of painstaking talks on as his first priority: "I'm looking for the first opportunity I can find for a timely presentation of an issue near and dear to me — immigration.” He added a note of candor about the partisan energy working against him, saying that “the fact that we probably have the A-team for Trump Republicans sitting across from us... it's hard.”
The Judiciary Committee has hosted some of Washington's most bruising political battles in recent years, peaking with the confirmation fight over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. It's unlikely to get more harmonious this year, with at least four GOP members considered potential 2024 presidential candidates and several younger Democrats with higher aspirations. That means achieving bipartisanship on Biden’s top priorities could prove challenging at best and impossible at worst.
“The committee has changed, like the Senate has changed,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). “It’s become more partisan... and there should be no surprises that it's followed the trend line of the Senate.”
[post_date_unix] => 1615852513 [post_date] => March 15, 2021 [post_modified] => March 15, 2021 [post_author_url] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/author/parliamentnews360/ [post_author_name] => Clement Akoloh [post_author_email] => senaakoloh@gmail.com [post_comments_no] => 0 [post_comments_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/bidens-biggest-goals-crowd-the-agenda-of-one-senate-panel/#respond [post_theme_settings] => Array ( ) ) [520] => Array ( [post_id] => 520 [post_type] => post [has_post_thumbnail] => 1 [post_thumbnail_id] => 521 [post_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/meps-urge-eu-states-to-stop-sheltering-syrian-war-criminals/ [post_title] => MEPs urge EU States to stop Sheltering Syrian War Criminals [post_title_attribute] => MEPs urge EU States to stop Sheltering Syrian War Criminals [post_excerpt] => [post_content] =>The European Parliament has urged EU states to go after alleged Syrian war criminals in Europe, 10 years after the start of the bloodiest war in its neighbourhood.
"Persons responsible for core international crimes must be duly prosecuted, including by EU member states ... [as] lack of accountability provides a breeding ground for further atrocities," the parliament said in a non-binding resolution adopted last week.
[post_date_unix] => 1615847738 [post_date] => March 15, 2021 [post_modified] => March 15, 2021 [post_author_url] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/author/parliamentnews360/ [post_author_name] => Clement Akoloh [post_author_email] => senaakoloh@gmail.com [post_comments_no] => 0 [post_comments_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/meps-urge-eu-states-to-stop-sheltering-syrian-war-criminals/#respond [post_theme_settings] => Array ( ) ) [517] => Array ( [post_id] => 517 [post_type] => post [has_post_thumbnail] => 1 [post_thumbnail_id] => 518 [post_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/eu-parliament-favors-new-fisheries-control-system-ahead-of-reforms/ [post_title] => EU parliament Favors new Fisheries Control System ahead of Reforms [post_title_attribute] => EU parliament Favors new Fisheries Control System ahead of Reforms [post_excerpt] => [post_content] =>March 15, 2021
The European Parliament has voted in favor of a new fisheries control system that could pave the way for reforms of key fishing regulations in place for the last 10 years.
The approval of the new system, which received 401 votes in favor, 247 against, and 47 abstentions from members of the European Parliament (MEPs), is a major boost to efforts to achieve and maintain sustainable fishing activities – including in Africa, where several countries have signed fisheries partnership agreements with the European Union.
With the vote, select MEPs are expected to launch talks with the European Council as seafood industry operators prepare to adopt the new fisheries control system, which allows four years from the date it takes effect for compliance.
The introduction of the use of technology in enforcing fishing regulations – improving security and transparency and ensuring seafood consumers “know when, where, and how the products they buy are caught” – is a central component of the approved fisheries control system.
The new fishing regulations now require mandatory use of on-board cameras in carrying out checks on landing obligations for a “minimum percentage” of vessels longer than 12 meters, and which have been identified as “posing a serious risk of non-compliance.”
“The equipment will also be imposed as an accompanying sanction for all vessels that commit two or more serious infringements,” E.U. Parliament said.
To woo more vessel owners into voluntarily deploying on-board cameras, the new regulations have proposed incentives “such as additional allocation of quotas or having their infringement points removed.”
Furthermore, the E.U. Parliament supported a push for harmonizing sanctions, and proposed the introduction of a register – the European Union Register – where all infringements will be recorded to centralize data from all E.U. member-states.
Additionally, some MEPs have called for a clearly defined system of sanctions targeting recreational fishermen to protect marine life. And the E.U. – which has been a strong advocate of traceability in the seafood industry through its Farm-to-Fork Strategy – would now require all member-countries ensure all the seafood bought, sold, and traded in their countries has full-chain traceability, including processed and imported products.
The traceability rules stipulate that information covering the species of fish; the location, date, and time it was caught; and the type of gear used should be easily accessible as the E.U. and its partners work to promote long-term sustainable fishing operations globally.
The new regulations are also aiming to combat ghost gear, requiring all fishing vessels to “notify national authorities when they lose fishing gear and to carry on board the necessary equipment to retrieve it.”
The new regulations have implications on the African seafood market because the E.U. has signed sustainable fisheries partnership agreements worth EUR 111 million (USD 132.7 million) with 13 countries, ranging from a EUR 550,000 (USD 657,477) access deal with Cape Verde to EUR 59 million (USD 70.5 million) for Mauritania.
The E.U. has signed fisheries agreements with other African governments, but since there is no existing protocol yet in force in the deal, they remain dormant. Deals in this category include the E.U.'s compacts with Mozambique, Gambia, and Equatorial Guinea.
Photo courtesy of Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock
[post_date_unix] => 1615846361 [post_date] => March 15, 2021 [post_modified] => March 15, 2021 [post_author_url] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/author/parliamentnews360/ [post_author_name] => Clement Akoloh [post_author_email] => senaakoloh@gmail.com [post_comments_no] => 0 [post_comments_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/eu-parliament-favors-new-fisheries-control-system-ahead-of-reforms/#respond [post_theme_settings] => Array ( ) ) [513] => Array ( [post_id] => 513 [post_type] => post [has_post_thumbnail] => 1 [post_thumbnail_id] => 516 [post_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/ecowas-parliament-advocates-direct-universal-suffrage-for-members/ [post_title] => ECOWAS Parliament Advocates Direct Universal Suffrage for Members [post_title_attribute] => ECOWAS Parliament Advocates Direct Universal Suffrage for Members [post_excerpt] => [post_content] =>The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has set up an ad hoc committee to propose mechanisms to make the election of its Members effective by direct universal suffrage. On Monday, 18 January 2021, the Parliament adopted the report of this committee during its 2020 Second Ordinary Session which held via videoconference from 13 to 19 January, 2021.
In its report, the ad hoc committee recalls the fundamental principles of elections which must be free, transparent and fair. Aware of the fact that all the texts of the Parliament advocate the election of the Community Members of Parliament by direct universal suffrage, the committee recommends ending the dual mandate of Members in the ECOWAS Parliament and guaranteeing the representativeness of the Community Parliament.
The committee is proposing two voting methods for this. Community elections could be organized as is the case in the European Union; each member state electing Community Members of Parliament in accordance with national electoral laws. Another possibility would be to have Community elections governed by a common electoral system.
The ad hoc committee, in its report, recommends that Parliament do everything in its power to achieve the election of its Members by direct universal suffrage before the end of the fifth legislature (March 2024); continue the study on the election of representatives by direct universal suffrage; organize thematic meetings on specific areas such as financing, the electoral code, the code of conduct and the conditions to be fulfilled to take part in the elections.
The commission also recommends appointing a prominent Community figure as a leader to lead the advocacy process; to conduct consultations with the main institutional actors such as the Conference of Heads of State, the Council of Ministers, the Commission and the Court of Justice of ECOWAS; organize study visits to similar regional institutions to learn from their experiences and carry out advocacy with these institutions.
Under Article 18 of the Additional Act of December 2016 on the Strengthening of the Prerogatives of Parliament, the 115 members of the Community Assembly are elected by direct universal suffrage by the citizens of the Member States. While waiting for this system to take effect, the National Assemblies of the Member States or the institutions or equivalent bodies elect the deputies from within them at the moment.
[post_date_unix] => 1615843361 [post_date] => March 15, 2021 [post_modified] => March 15, 2021 [post_author_url] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/author/parliamentnews360/ [post_author_name] => Clement Akoloh [post_author_email] => senaakoloh@gmail.com [post_comments_no] => 0 [post_comments_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/ecowas-parliament-advocates-direct-universal-suffrage-for-members/#respond [post_theme_settings] => Array ( ) ) [510] => Array ( [post_id] => 510 [post_type] => post [has_post_thumbnail] => 1 [post_thumbnail_id] => 511 [post_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/ecowas-parliament-supports-transition-process-in-mali/ [post_title] => ECOWAS Parliament supports Transition Process in Mali [post_title_attribute] => ECOWAS Parliament supports Transition Process in Mali [post_excerpt] => [post_content] =>The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) undertook a parliamentary briefing on the transition process in Mali, from February 25 to March 5, 2021 in Bamako, the capital of Mali. The president of the community parliament, Sidie Mohamed Tunis, led this parliamentary mission.
The mission, during its stay, gathered the necessary information from all stakeholders on the evolution of the transition process, in particular from the transition bodies.
ECOWAS parliamentarians are also actively involved with all stakeholders in order to contribute to the achievement of a national consensus around the priorities of the transition so as to identify the constraints and support the efforts already undertaken in view of lasting stability in Mali.
In the Malian capital, the parliamentary mission had working sessions with members of the National Transitional Council (NTC), the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization as well as with actors from political parties and civil society.
The Prime Minister, the President of the NTC as well as the Minister for Malians Abroad and African Integration granted audiences to the parliamentary mission.
Mali has been experiencing a multidimensional crisis since March 2012. The presidential election organized in July-August 2018 and the legislative elections in March 2020 were strongly contested by the political opposition then grouped within the Front for the Protection of Democracy (FSD) .
The various mediation actions undertaken by ECOWAS through its special envoy, Goodluck Jonathan, former President of Nigeria, have not made it possible to contain the crisis on a lasting basis. Thus, following a series of demonstrations organized in June and July 2020 by the opposition grouped within the Movement of June 5, Rassemblement des Forces Patriotiques (M5-RFP), a group of officers of the Malian army operated a coup on August 18, 2020.
ECOWAS has made significant efforts to restore constitutional and republican order. Following intense negotiations, an eighteen-month transition was agreed to by consensus with a transitional president and vice-president, a government and a transitional national council serving as the provisional legislature.
[post_date_unix] => 1615841782 [post_date] => March 15, 2021 [post_modified] => March 15, 2021 [post_author_url] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/author/parliamentnews360/ [post_author_name] => Clement Akoloh [post_author_email] => senaakoloh@gmail.com [post_comments_no] => 0 [post_comments_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/ecowas-parliament-supports-transition-process-in-mali/#respond [post_theme_settings] => Array ( ) ) [506] => Array ( [post_id] => 506 [post_type] => post [has_post_thumbnail] => 1 [post_thumbnail_id] => 507 [post_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/pan-african-parliament-adopts-rotational-presidency/ [post_title] => African Continental Parliament Adopts Rotational Presidency [post_title_attribute] => African Continental Parliament Adopts Rotational Presidency [post_excerpt] => [post_content] =>The Pan African Parliament (PAP) has adopted a change in its Rules of Procedure to allow for the rotation of the presidency of the continental parliament effective from the May 2021 Bureau election.
This was disclosed on Friday by the Rappporteur of the PAP’s Permanent Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline, Hon. Pupurai Tugarepi (Zimbabwe).
Hon. Tugarepi spoke at the end of a five-day meeting organized for members of PAP’s Permanent Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline (Rules Committee), Chairpersons of Regional Caucuses and Permanent Committees, Members of the Bureau as well as the PAP Secretariat who convened at the Parliament’s Headquarters in Midrand, South Africa from 8 to 12 March 2021 as part of technical and political activities aimed at the revision of the Rules of Procedure of the legislative arm of the African Union (AU).
He disclosed that the adoption of the principle of rotation with respect to the office of the President was in compliance with AU directive which “called on the Pan African Parliament to apply the African Union values, rules and regulations in managing all activities of the parliament including rotation of the Bureau and Presidency”.
The implication of this rule change is that only candidates from the Southern and Northern regions will be eligible to contest for election for the post of President of the parliament.
Hon. Tugarepi also disclosed that to ensure that there is continuity at PAP in the event of vacancies at the Bureau, as had witnessed under the current bureau, the rule was amended to allow the Chairpersons of the five regional caucuses to assist the remaining members of the Bureau to carry out its functions.
Consequently, since there is currently one member of the Bureau remaining (the Acting President Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira), the chairpersons of the five regional caucuses shall assist him to prepare for the May 2021 Bureau elections.
The Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union relating to the Pan African parliament provides that the Bureau of the Parliament shall be made up of a President and four Vice Presidents representing the five regions of the continent.
African Parliamentary News recalls that the four other members of the current Bureau lost their positions due to the parliament’s rule which required members whose national parliaments were dissolved due to coming elections, to automatically lose their seats and positions at PAP. The four bureau members who lost their positions due to the application of that rule were from Cameroon (President), Tanzania (First Vice President), Mali (Second Vice President) all of who had elections in 2020 and Algeria (Third Vice President) whose election is due in June this year and therefore not eligible to participate in the May 2021 Session.
[post_date_unix] => 1615838966 [post_date] => March 15, 2021 [post_modified] => March 15, 2021 [post_author_url] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/author/parliamentnews360/ [post_author_name] => Clement Akoloh [post_author_email] => senaakoloh@gmail.com [post_comments_no] => 0 [post_comments_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/pan-african-parliament-adopts-rotational-presidency/#respond [post_theme_settings] => Array ( ) ) [501] => Array ( [post_id] => 501 [post_type] => post [has_post_thumbnail] => 1 [post_thumbnail_id] => 502 [post_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/pap-sets-up-interim-bureau-as-it-goes-virtual-in-next-ordinary-session/ [post_title] => PAP sets up Interim Bureau as it goes Virtual in next Ordinary Session [post_title_attribute] => PAP sets up Interim Bureau as it goes Virtual in next Ordinary Session [post_excerpt] => [post_content] =>The Pan African Parliament (PAP) Permanent Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline (Rules Committee) adopted a motion to use virtual meetings as a way forward. This came after the secretariat confirmed its readiness to host virtual meetings through ZOOM.
In a related development, the Rules Committee has also adopted a resolution to set up a team comprised of Regional Caucuses Chairpersons to act as an interim Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) with immediate effect.
Chaired by the Acting President of the PAP, the interim Bureau will be responsible for running the affairs of the Parliament until the next Plenary Session of the PAP, when a full Bureau is expected to be reconstituted.
The resolution was adopted at the recently concluded meetings on the revision of the PAP Rules of Procedure and the Joint Bureau and Bureaux of Committees and Caucuses, which took place at the seat of the continental Parliament in Midrand, South Africa from 8 to 12 March 2021.
Currently, there are four vacant positions in the Bureau of the PAP. The Bureau is composed of five members, one President and four Vice-Presidents, elected for a three-year term. They represent the five regions of Africa: North Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. The PAP Rules of Procedure also provide for each of the five geographic regions to form a regional caucus composed of its members.
The interim Bureau will therefore assist the Acting President in leading the Parliament for the next two months. The resolution is pursuant of Rule 84 (1b) of the PAP Rules and Procedure which stipulates that “a regional caucus performs any other function as assigned to it by the Bureau or Permanent Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline or by resolution of Parliament.”
Accepting the resolution to incorporate the Regional Caucus Chairpersons into the Bureau, the Acting President, Hon. Chief Charumbira urged African legislators to empower the new provisional team that comes into effect immediately until elections are held. He also commended the Rules Committee for a “job well-done in invoking rules of Procedure in the best interest of the institution”.
“I am glad that you have agreed to bring PAP to life by sanctioning an interim Bureau. I am appealing to you as parliamentarians to support and empower this working group for it to achieve its mandate. The objective was to ensure that everyone is represented in the decision-making process through the Regional Chairpersons. I believe with equal representation we will deliver without fail and with legitimacy. There is more work to be done ahead, with your efforts we will surely succeed,” said Hon. Charumbira.
Hon. Adv. Djibril War, Chairperson of the Rules Committee stated that “the Regional Caucuses would ensure greater legitimacy in the management of Bureau matters for the continuity and regularity of service within the PAP by supporting the Acting President.
Source: Jeffrey Onganga, Media Officer, Pan African Parliament
[post_date_unix] => 1615837334 [post_date] => March 15, 2021 [post_modified] => March 15, 2021 [post_author_url] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/author/parliamentnews360/ [post_author_name] => Clement Akoloh [post_author_email] => senaakoloh@gmail.com [post_comments_no] => 0 [post_comments_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/pap-sets-up-interim-bureau-as-it-goes-virtual-in-next-ordinary-session/#respond [post_theme_settings] => Array ( ) ) [543] => Array ( [post_id] => 543 [post_type] => post [has_post_thumbnail] => 1 [post_thumbnail_id] => 544 [post_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/meps-call-for-eu-and-global-solidarity-for-covid-19-vaccination/ [post_title] => MEPs call for EU and global solidarity for COVID-19 vaccination [post_title_attribute] => MEPs call for EU and global solidarity for COVID-19 vaccination [post_excerpt] => [post_content] =>The EU must continue its concerted efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and take urgent measures to ramp up vaccines production to meet citizens’ expectations, MEPs say.
In the plenary debate on Wednesday with the Portuguese Presidency and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, MEPs commented on the state of play of the EU’s COVID-19 vaccination strategy.
Many members emphasised that the EU had made the right key decisions, especially on the collective European approach to vaccination and on standing up for its citizens’ rights by putting safety first and enforcing EU liability rules.
President von der Leyen defended the EU’s choice to order vaccines collectively, the need for global solidarity and the decision not to take any shortcuts on the safety and efficiency of vaccines. Lessons must be drawn from past mistakes, she acknowledged, as “we are still not where we want to be in the fight against the virus”.
Solutions to exit the crisis must be found in the spirit of solidarity, between member states as well as at global level, MEPs underlined. The EU has a responsibility for the rest of the world and must ensure vaccines are fairly distributed across the globe, they added, reiterating that “nobody is safe until everybody is safe”.
Members acknowledged that the EU underestimated the challenges of vaccine mass production and that concrete measures to ramp up production must now be taken as a matter of utmost priority. Many MEPs urged the Commission to enforce existing contracts and at the same time support member states in their vaccine deployment strategies.
In order to build citizens’ trust in the vaccination efforts and avoid disinformation, the EU must “tell the truth”, some MEPs pointed out. In this respect, many recalled the need for transparency with regard to contracts, as well as for comprehensive and clear data on vaccines rollout at national level.
Taking into account the large amounts of public money invested, several MEPs also called for increased parliamentary scrutiny of the implementation of the vaccines strategy.
[post_date_unix] => 1613408940 [post_date] => February 15, 2021 [post_modified] => April 2, 2021 [post_author_url] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/author/parliamentnews360/ [post_author_name] => Clement Akoloh [post_author_email] => senaakoloh@gmail.com [post_comments_no] => 0 [post_comments_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/meps-call-for-eu-and-global-solidarity-for-covid-19-vaccination/#respond [post_theme_settings] => Array ( ) ) [414] => Array ( [post_id] => 414 [post_type] => post [has_post_thumbnail] => 1 [post_thumbnail_id] => 293 [post_link] => https://parliamentnews360.com/index.php/house-grants-e24174437-00-tax-waiver-in-respect-of-330-bed-maternity-block-at-korle-bu-teaching-hospital/ [post_title] => House grants €24,174,437.00 Tax Waiver in Respect of 330-Bed Maternity Block at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital [post_title_attribute] => House grants €24,174,437.00 Tax Waiver in Respect of 330-Bed Maternity Block at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital [post_excerpt] => [post_content] =>Parliament has approved a total of the cedu equivalent of twenty four million, one hundred and seventy four thousand and four hundred and thirty-seven euros (€24,174,437.00) tax waiver on materials, equipment and services to be procured for the construction of a new 330-Bed Maternity Block at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH).
This follows a request by Government represented by the Ministry of Finance for a tax waiver covering Import Duties, Import and Domestic Value Added Tax (VAT), Ghana Education Trust Fund (GET Fund) Levy, National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL), EXIM and Special Import Levy.
The request has been laid before the House in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and at the request of the Government acting through the Minister responsible for Finance Ken Ofori Atta under the exercise by him of his power under the laws and regulations relating to the waiver of Duties and Taxes.
It was for the waiver of Import Duty, Import NHIL, Import VAT, GET Fund Levy, NHIL, EXIM Levy, Special Import Levy, Import and Domestic VAT amounting to €20,476,372.00 on imports and €3,698,065.00 on local purchases on materials, equipment and works to be procured in respect of the construction and equipping of the 330-Bed Maternity Block.
Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, Chairman of the Finance Committee in presenting the Committee’s report observed that by the provisions of Article 174 (2) of the Constitution, Parliament is empowered to confer power on any person or authority to waive or vary a tax imposed by an Act of Parliament.
The Chairman added that the exercise of the power conferred on any person or authority to waive or vary a tax in favour of any person or authority is by the said provisions made subject to the prior approval of Parliament by resolution.
The proviso also empowers the Finance Minister to exempt any authority, corporation or individual from the payment of Duties and Taxes by the combined operation of laws and regulations such as the Customs Act of 2015, the Export and Import Act of 1995, the Trade, Agricultural and Industrial Fund Act of 2013, the Value Added (Amendment) Act of 2015 and other existing laws and regulations applicable to the collection of custom duties.
The Committee Chairman further explained that the Committee thoroughly considered the request and found the approval to be necessary for the timely and smooth implementation of the project hence the Committee’s recommendation to the House to adopt and approve the report by resolution, in view of the immense anticipated benefits the country stands to gain from the implementation of the project.
Once completed, the 330-bed Maternity Block, will contribute to addressing the persistent challenges of high maternal and child health morbidity and mortality in Ghana as well as accelerate the progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through enhanced access to quality maternal and child health services.
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