By 1987 Budd Company closed its Red Lion plant in Philadelphia and sold its rail designs to Bombardier but what if Budd just kept along long enough to get past the 1980s, only for the company to be purchased by ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) Transportation (and thus become part of Adtranz later on), and with it designs such as the Budd Metroliner/Amfleet.
What would happen is that ABB would close Budd's Red Lion plant in favor of the newer former Sumitomo rail plant they acquired. Perhaps they could be commissioned by Amtrak to develop a successor design to the 1960s-era Metroliner for the Acela instead of Bombardier.
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##Filibuster reform
Senate Republicans declared their opposition to federal civil rights protections for LGBTQ Americans last week, with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) promising to filibuster “till I fall over to make sure that the Equality Act doesn’t become law, destroying the difference between men and women.” Right now, there are 29 states where LGBTQ people are not protected by law from discrimination in the public sphere, including housing and lending. The Equality Act would extend laws against gender discrimination across the nation.
The majority of conservatives based their arguments on (1) the idea that civil rights for LGBTQ Americans infringes on religious freedom and (2) fear-mongering about transgender participation in sports and non-segregated bathrooms. As witnesses testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, “the Equality Act would not change any pronouncements that are issued by religious institutions...they can determine the standards for inclusion.” The legislation does not even mention sports, as there is no evidence that transgender athletes are somehow ruining sports. Alphonso David, of the Human Rights Campaign, testified that “20 States, the NCAA, and even international Olympic committees already allow transgender athletes to participate and have for years” (transcript).
Finally, Republicans like Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) implied that LGBTQ people are a
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Introduction
Rep. Maxine Waters
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=267
Rep. McHenry
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=389
Rep. Brad Sherman (CA-30)
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=654
Rep. Bill Huizenga (MI-2)
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=774
Rep. Al Green (TX-9)
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=866
Witness List (Links to Written Testimony & Intro)
- Sal Arnuk, Partner/Co-Founder, Themis Trading LLC
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=1003
Payment order flow presents undeniable conflict of interest
- Michael Blaugrund, Chief Operating Officer, New York Stock Exchange
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=1327
“Short selling is an essential practice…”
- Dr. Vicki Bogan, Associate Professor, Cornell University
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=1586
Gamification of investing is bad, volume = revenue, protect retail investors through regulation
- Alexis Goldstein, Senior Policy Analyst, Americans for Financial Reform
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=1912
Biggest profits on volatile days for brokers, wall street profits soar during pandemic, investigate undue risk, cancel student loan debt, wealth tax, tuition free higher education, fix wealth gap
- Dennis Kelleher, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Better Markets
https://youtu.be/imRzHXRq80I?t=2203
Wealth extraction mechanism...many issues cannot be adequately covered with the format of the hearing, written testimony is long and detailed
**--**Had strongest state
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