Posted on 12/21/2018 7:05:33 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Instead, Democrats are sticking to their original plan, and channeled Exxon Mobil in an announcement refusing to bar members who take fossil fuel money.
Democratic leaders on Thursday tapped Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) to head a revived U.S. House panel on climate change, all but ending a dramatic monthlong effort to establish a select committee on a Green New Deal.
Castor’s appointment came as a surprise to proponents of a Green New Deal.
Despite weeks of protests demanding House Democrats focus efforts next year on drafting a Green New Deal, the sort of sweeping economic policy that scientists say matches the scale of the climate crisis, Castor told E&E News the plan was “not going to be our sole focus.”
The announcement comes as a loss for Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Her meteoric rise and devoted base made it seem as if she were poised to win the burgeoning cadre of leftist Democrats a beachhead in a select committee that, even with limited capacity, would have demonstrated tangible power in Washington.
But, if it’s defeat, it’s bittersweet. The campaign, seemingly quixotic at first, shifted the stagnant climate policy debate not just to the left but, for the first time, in the direction of policies that could make a dent in surging global emissions and curb soaring income inequality.
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You would lose that bet. AOC is pretty. She may be an 11.3 on the Richter Insanity Scale but she is easy on the eyes.
When America starts picking it's leaders on being "pretty" we are in some pretty deep straits as a country.
Popularity is what put Kennedy in the White House. We got Clinton because of popularity. The Cult of Personality is alive and well and the Democrats own it.
“She’s pretty”??? If you like Mr. Ed or other equine stars. I’d say she needs a feedbag.
And cure world hunger and AIDS. Before lunch. Sycophants like this Alexander Kaufman are making Ocasio-Cortez the vessel for all their hopes and desires. They are completely out of their minds.
Yep, she's pretty. I suggest that you are viewing her through political spectacles. Were she on the conservative side of the fence, you might view her differently.
Nope. It’s the V.
Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Chris Coons, D-Del., on Wednesday introduced a carbon tax bill to combat climate change, just days before the end of the current session of Congress.
The bill is similar to bipartisan legislation introduced in the House last month that would tax carbon emissions and return the proceeds to American households as a dividend.
Don’t be too sure.
She is only one person, but there are growing hordes of lunatics behind her.
Oooh, you're right! I forgot that one.
The bug-eyed Bolshevik...backbencher!
Nope. To each his own.
When anyone says “climate policy” grab your wallet and run for your life!
LOL!
There is no climate debate.
There is only the whining drivelous blather from the Euro worshipping Democrats
Illegal immigrants and there spawn?
If she had a (R) by her name everyone here would be talking about how cute she is.
“One day this poor little girl is going to wake up to the fact that she was elected for two reasons:
1- Has a “D” firmly etched after her name
2- She’s pretty”
3- She beat someone in the primary who did not even bother campaigning.
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