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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We all have our favorites. Sophia was great, I must admit.
Mine is Evangeline Lilly. She’s not glamorously beautiful, she’s just extremely good looking and hot.
And that is coming and soon. She’s worn out the ‘’cute, trendy’’ and ‘’edgy’’ new young socialist Democrat’’ bit and is eventually going to be buried in some obscure committee somewhere and told to shut up. But time is on here side. Old Nancy is closing in on 80 and she has had health problems. If Miss Zanti Misfit is re-elected she could be a new and major player in the Democrat Party.
Here we have an early example of a radical young activist upstart now in politics who was successfully indoctrinated in the ways of communism, socialism and fascism. Once she calms down and is mentored by these criminals she will be more dangerous than the mentors
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