INDIA & US: To India, Biden said, 'As the World's oldest and largest
democracies, the United States and India are bound together by our shared
democratic values: fair and free elections, equality under the law, and the
freedom of expression and religion. These core principles have endured
throughout each of our nations' histories and will continue to be the source
of our strength in the future.'
It was during his tenure as Vice-President that the US officially declared its
support for India's permanent membership in the United Nations Security
Council, which India has been demanding since long.
The Obama-Biden Administration named India a 'Major Defence Partner' -
a status approved by the US Congress.
In august 2016, the two countries signed the Logistics Exchange
Memorandum of Agreement for deeper military cooperation.
LEMOA allows the militaries of the US and India to replenish from each
other’s bases, and access supplies, spare parts and services from each
other’s land facilities, air bases, and ports, which can then be reimbursed.
Biden's campaign document also said, 'Biden believes there can be no
tolerance for terrorism in South Asia - cross-border or otherwise.'
With Biden at helm, it is most important for Indians that there will be a
positive stand on immigration and visas for Indians, especially H1B
visas.
Biden has promised to support family-based immigration, increase the
number of visas offered for permanent, work-based immigration,
reform the temporary visa system for high-skill, specialty jobs, and
eliminate the limits on employment-based green cards.
Joe Biden has declared climate change as the “number one issue
facing humanity” and vowed a national transition from fossil fuels to
renewable energy. He has pledged to invest $2 trillion in his first term
on clean energy, on top of any additional COVID relief spending.
This would include spending on
(i) retooling industrial facilities to make clean products,
(ii) investments in clean electricity and transit,
(iii) incentives for EV deployment, and building efficiency.
He has also promised to embrace the Green New Deal, an
economic and political framework to address climate change,
decarbonise the economic infrastructure,
create new business opportunities, and
employ millions of disadvantaged workers
in an emerging green economy.
It would be naïve to expect that the proposal would get
implemented in its precise form. However, it does provide a
refreshingly useful blueprint for steering action in the right direction.
Climate change as the “number one issue facing humanity”
A national transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Investment of $2 trillion in first term on clean energy,
Additional COVID relief spending.
Rejoin the Paris agreement.
Fillip to global efforts for alleviating the climate crisis.
Catalyse financial support to finance the low-carbon transition.
The US accounts for 14% of global emissions, and a lot more is
expected from the world’s largest economy in order to move the
needle on climate change.
America’s ties with India will go from strength to strength under
Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.
A former Ambassador of India to the U S A, highlighted how Biden’s
America is more likely to adopt an “internationalist approach”
compared to the “transactional approach” of Trump which would allow
both countries to coordinate their approach to international issues of
global concern.
“Biden will be more responsive to India’s core economic and strategic
interests. The only way for India-US relations is to go up and up,” said
Manish Chand.
Biden says people need coronavirus relief 'right now' as Republican and Democratic
divisions hold up a stimulus package and $1,200 checks.
President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday [10th Nov.] that people are in need of federal
coronavirus relief "right now."
At a press conference he referenced "small businesses, people who are about to be
evicted from their homes because they can't pay their mortgage, unemployment
insurance."
But Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on a stimulus package, and it's
unclear whether they will bridge those divisions by next month when they must act to
avert a government shutdown.
President-elect Joe Biden urged lawmakers to quickly pass a coronavirus relief package
on Tuesday, saying people and small businesses are in immediate need of federal
assistance.
"One of the urgent things that need to be done is people need relief right now — right
now: small businesses, people who are about to be evicted from their homes because
they can't pay their mortgage, unemployment insurance," Biden said at a press
conference.
He said a "failure" to provide cash-strapped state and local governments with additional
money could lead to layoffs of first responders and firefighters.
"I would hope the president at least has the sensitivity and knowledge to know a lot of
people are in real trouble right now — between now and the time we get sworn in,"
Biden said.
The president-elect said both Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi "know my views" and indicated he's been communicating with
them on economic-relief planning.
The comments came after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated he
supported a package much smaller than Democrats want.
"The Affordable Care Act has been the law of the land for 10 years," Verrelli added.
"The healthcare sector has reshaped itself on reliance on the law. Tens of millions of
Americans rely on it for health insurance that they previously could not afford and more
rely on the law for its protections and benefits."
Michael Mongan, California`s solicitor general, told the justices that "what Congress did
here was to create an inoperative provision. It doesn`t require anybody to do anything."
If Obamacare were to be invalidated, up to 20 million Americans could lose medical
insurance and insurers could once again refuse to cover people with pre-existing
medical conditions. Obamacare expanded public healthcare programs and created
marketplaces for private insurance.
President-elect Joe Biden, who served as vice president under Obama, Biden has
criticized Republican efforts to throw out the ACA in the midst of a deadly coronavirus
pandemic and hopes to buttress Obamacare after taking office on Jan. 20.
"I would hope the president at least has the sensitivity and knowledge to know a lot of
people are in real trouble right now — between now and the time we get sworn in,"
Biden said.
The president-elect said both Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi "know my views" and indicated he's been communicating with
them on economic-relief planning.
The comments came after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated he
supported a package much smaller than Democrats want.
If Obamacare were to be invalidated, up to 20 million Americans could lose medical
insurance and insurers could once again refuse to cover people with pre-existing
medical conditions. Obamacare expanded public healthcare programs and created
marketplaces for private insurance.
President-elect Joe Biden urged lawmakers to quickly pass a coronavirus relief package
on Tuesday, saying people and small businesses are in immediate need of federal
assistance.
"One of the urgent things that need to be done is people need relief right now — right
now: small businesses, people who are about to be evicted from their homes because
they can't pay their mortgage, unemployment insurance," Biden said at a press
conference.
He said a "failure" to provide cash-strapped state and local governments with additional
money could lead to layoffs of first responders and firefighters.
President-elect Joe Biden urged lawmakers to quickly pass a coronavirus relief package
on Tuesday, saying people and small businesses are in immediate need of federal
assistance.
"One of the urgent things that need to be done is people need relief right now — right
now: small businesses, people who are about to be evicted from their homes because
they can't pay their mortgage, unemployment insurance," Biden said at a press
conference.
He said a "failure" to provide cash-strapped state and local governments with additional
money could lead to layoffs of first responders and firefighters.
A former Ambassador of India to the U S A, highlighted how Biden’s America is more
likely to adopt an “internationalist approach” compared to the “transactional approach”
of Trump which would allow both countries to coordinate their approach to international
issues of global concern.
“Biden will be more responsive to India’s core economic and strategic interests. The
only way for India-US relations is to go up and up,” said Manish Chand.
Biden says people need coronavirus relief 'right now' as Republican and Democratic
divisions hold up a stimulus package and $1,200 checks.
President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday [10th Nov.] that people are in need of federal
coronavirus relief "right now."
At a press conference he referenced "small businesses, people who are about to be
evicted from their homes because they can't pay their mortgage, unemployment
insurance."
But Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on a stimulus package, and it's
unclear whether they will bridge those divisions by next month when they must act to
avert a government shutdown.
