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Week of January 1st
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Philip Bennett, president of the Congressional Workers Union, speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on July 19, 2022.
House GOP Tries to Cancel Congressional Staff Unions: The new GOP-led House of Representatives will try to legislate an end to House staff labor unions. They may not be able to. David Dayen has the story.

The Power to Green the Public Energy Portfolio: The Tennessee Valley Authority is replacing coal plants with a gas plant and pipeline. Read Dorothy Slater on how President Biden’s EPA has the power to change course and prevent more fossil fuel infrastructure.

The Rise of Undocumented Inflation: Quality deterioration for consumer goods results the same amount spent for inferior products. Those statistics, as Maroun Medlej and Donald L. Losman describe, aren't being measured in inflation estimates.

2023: A Year for Executive Action: The new GOP-majority Congress will likely not deliver on President Biden's priorities. If the administration wants to implement their agenda, David Dayen argues, 2023 will have to be a year of unprecedented executive action.

Latin America's Pink Partnership: Left-wing governments in Latin America are building integrated institutions to ensure shared prosperity and security. Guillaume Long and David Adler ask: Will the United States be willing to accept their autonomy?

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