The Decade in Review
Center for Progressive Reform 2019-12-23
Summary:
As the decade began, Barrack Obama was in the White House and the Democrats controlled Congress but were one vote short of a filibuster-proof majority in the House. Under Nancy Pelosi's leadership, the Waxman-Markey bill had passed the House, but it never made it to a vote in the Senate. The failure of climate legislation highlighted the importance of administrative action.