California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris said in 2019 that she would consider ending the Senate filibuster as president if Republican lawmakers refused to embrace legislation addressing what she and other Democrats believe is a climate crisis.
Harris, who was selected Tuesday as a running mate on former Vice President Joe Biden’s Democratic presidential bid, made the suggestion during a CNN climate crisis town hall in September 2019 before ending her own run for president in December.
“If they fail to act, as president of the United States, I am prepared to get rid of the filibuster to pass a Green New Deal,” Harris said, referring to potential Republican opposition to climate legislation.
Her remarks were the first time Harris expressed support for ending the filibuster, a procedural requirement that any legislation gets 60 votes to end the Senate’s unlimited debate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Democrats against weakening the procedure in August 2019.
“The legislative filibuster is directly downstream from our founding tradition. If that tradition frustrates the whims of those on the far left, it is their half-baked proposals and not the centuries-old wisdom that needs retooling,” McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, wrote in an August 2019 op-ed for The New York Times.
Democrats would need to flip three Republican seats in the Senate to gain control of the chamber. They would also need 60 votes to win a filibuster-proof majority, which is unlikely given the map of Senate seats up for election.
If Democrats cannot collect the requisite number of votes, then the GOP would still have the ability to block legislation unless the filibuster rules were changed.
Harris backed the Green New Deal in 2019, which sought to aggressively cut carbon emissions over the next decade.
The resolution, crafted by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, called for “10-year national mobilizations” toward addressing climate change.
A fact sheet published alongside the proposal said the plan would “mobilize every aspect of American society on a scale not seen since World War 2.”
Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal would reportedly phase out fossil fuel usage within 12 years. Studies show the plan would come with a hefty price.
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Just call it the New Green Scam because it is a scam
It is important to remember that they are Democrats and not democrats.
In 1972, American psychologist Irving Janis introduced a word into the English language to describe a process of thought and belief. He observed how people easily accept a notion which they otherwise might not, if they thought deeply about it. It works like this:
• People share a belief or view put out by others, without having thought it through for themselves. It’s enough for them that the view is held by someone in authority or by someone they consider to be smarter, more qualified or more educated than themselves.
• Once they believe that something is true or real, they tend to ignore evidence or opinion that contradicts that view. It’s more comfortable to accept the majority view; it follows that they believe the minority view is almost certainly wrong.
• Any challenge to the ‘consensus’ view is regarded as suspect; it can be seen as undermining the confidence of the believer, a challenge that should be dismissed out of hand or treated with disdain, or worse.
Sound like most of today’s politicians?
Its all an bout World Government all under the United Nations and their Blue Helmets
There is
NO
underhanded, unethical shyster trick
that she won’t stoop to
to get her way
And isn’t her lack of character that
makes it ASTOUNDING that she’s a
Democrat !