Posted on 07/20/2022 11:06:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
President Joe Biden will visit Somerset, Massachusetts on Wednesday, to deliver an ultimatum to Congress on climate change despite a major lack of support from voters.
President Joe Biden will visit Somerset, Massachusetts on Wednesday, to deliver an ultimatum to Congress on climate change despite a major lack of support from voters. Biden says that if they do not vote to put his environmental agenda into action, then he will use his own powers to combat the issue.
With his climate plan facing setbacks from Republicans and moderate Democrats on Capitol Hill, the president plans to visit the Brayton Point power plant, reported NBC Boston. The plant is an old coal-powered facility that is now transitioning to offshore wind manufacturing. Biden will deliver remarks on "tackling the climate crisis and seizing the opportunity of a clean energy future to create jobs and lower costs for families," according to the White House.
Biden is expected to force federal funds toward communities facing high levels of heat, while taking executive action to boost domestic offshore wind production, an anonymous White House official told the Washington Post.
Some of the major setbacks on Biden's climate agenda come from within his own party, with Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia last week informing Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that he does not support the party's plan to allocate billions of dollars to fighting climate change.
"I said, 'Chuck until we see the July inflation figures… basically Federal Reserve rates, interest rates, then let's wait till that comes out so we know that we're going down a path that won't be inflammatory, to add more to inflation,' " Manchin said on the Talkline radio show.
Manchin isn't the only one who isn't feeling strongly about pushing forward federal funding to tackle the climate change issue. According to a New York Times poll, just one percent of Americans hold climate change as the most important issue facing the country. The poll, which was covered by Fox News, showed that even out of Democratic voters and the ages 18-30 demographic, only 3% say it's a top issue.
Biden has been facing some major problems as of late, with his own party criticizing him for not having a more forceful response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, and with Americans in general financially hurting from the highest levels of inflation the country has seen in 40 years. Only one percent of young voters between the ages of 18 and 29 "strongly approve" of the president's work, and the overall approval rating of 36 percent has matched the record low. The push for a multi-billion-dollar climate agenda seems to be the least of the average citizen's worries.
While Biden is not expected to declare a national climate emergency during the address in Somerset, he is considering making the move in the near future.
"I would not plan an announcement this week on a national climate emergency. Again, everything is on the table. It's just not going to be this week on that decision," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday.
WELL, I GOT NEWS FOR YOU JORDAN AND STEPHINE: Absolutely NOTHING is going to happen on this earth unless the LORD of Heaven and Earth, JESUS CHRIST, allows satan to do it, but MY BIBLE says different AND I GO BY THE BOOK!!!! Real simple folks, WHAT DOES THE BOOK SAY??? If you want answers, need answers, read THE BOOK!! It is the largest seller ever, The Book!!! Author: Jesus Christ. Simple as that.
Perhaps only 1% care about Biden’s climate agenda but 99% will suffer badly if Biden’s destructive “climate” agenda is implemented.
But somehow, Trump was a dictator.
Despite Slo Joe’s inability to comprehend facts EO’s still have to be tethered to some existing law.
He cannot create justification from nothing.
Any “Environmental Law” he might claim is going to be a stretch too far.
So again, WHAT is our recourse when the EO is repugnant to our Republic?
SCOTUS, years down the road?
2/3 of the Senate to over-ride?
Supposed to be three equal branches, not a dictatorial Executive by abuse of EO’s!
The only thing Biden "moves" are his bowels. Will we ever learn who is actually making all these calls? The likely candidate is Obama, but he takes his orders from someone else too.
The Biden Junta and the Leftist Democrats don’t give a toss about what the voters want. Ideology Uber Alles for the American Fascist Party.
FJB is acting in place of the USEPA in this illegal, unconstitutional power play. I sure hope -- "hope", because it's not a sure thing -- that McConnell and McCarthy are paying attention and not focusing on "getting along with" and "working with" the enemies of our American Republic.
Sounds like $onny boy and the big guy may have a special intere$t in it.
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Illuminati has to Illuminati.
They are all a bunch of sandias - watermelons green on the outside and red on the inside.
dick tater does it again
Illuminati has to Illuminati.... to the Ignorati................
Only God can stop this country’s insane ways.
Republicans should be running against Democrat policies and not Biden policies in both 2022 and 2024. Brandon isn't smart enough to come up with this stuff on his own and is acting as nothing but a figurehead for the Democrat powers. Don't let them hide in the shadows.
Exactly! The government of China doesn’t give a rip what China’s people want. Neither will the government that China has set up here.
Were I DJT, I would not take the job of trying to fix all of this. I think that the plan is to render the USA unfixable within two years, in any event.
Any executive order edict that a president makes must be reasonably justifiable under the fed’s constitutionally enumerated powers with constitutionally proper approval by Congress.
Also, a president can threaten to veto a bill which Congress has the express power to override with enough votes if president does so.
Otherwise, a president threatening to bypass Congress for mere politically correct action on an issue is constitutional nonsense, a bunch of malarkey, and potentially an impeachable offense.
Corrections, insights welcome.
Also, patriots are reminded that they must vote twice this election year. Your first vote is to primary career RINO incumbents. Your second vote is to replace outgoing Democrats and RINOs with Trump-endorsed patriot candidates.
Again, insights welcome.
Just think of great results on energy prices his decrees will have. If he’s going to do it, he might as well do it now before the mid terms. This is the last step in destroying the economy. I even have trouble believing the dems can steal the house again after completely running the country into the ground with a climate emergency.
Controlling the Earth's thermostat is more important than feeding, clothing, and sheltering the citizens.
They also decided it was best if we were fooled into thinking we actually had a representative democracy.
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