Democratic lawmakers introduced a stripped-down climate bill Wednesday less than a day after Senate Republicans dinged a more ambitious plan.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described the Climate Action Now Act as one of many steps toward Democratic efforts to confront global warming.
In particular, the bill aims to prevent President Donald Trump from removing the United States from the non-binding Paris Climate accord.
The bill is a watered-down version of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, which called for shifting completely away from fossil fuels and toward green energy.
The GND was torpedoed in the Senate on Tuesday after Republicans voted en masse against the resolution while Democrats voted present.
Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat, was not present Wednesday during the rollout of the Climate Action Act.
House Dems unveil Climate Action Now Act. Noticeably absent: AOC, who proposed the Green New Deal. pic.twitter.com/N1tjuEk01P
— Rebecca Shabad (@RebeccaShabad) March 27, 2019
The GND was introduced in February and called for “10-year national mobilizations” toward a series of goals aimed at fighting global warming.
A fact sheet posted online during the introduction claimed the plan would “mobilize every aspect of American society on a scale not seen since World War II.”
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It also became an object of ridicule as a draft suggested the end of cows and drastically curbing airplane travel.
House Democrats along with most of the Democratic Party’s quickly expanding 2020 presidential field have voiced support for the measure.
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey, who both announced their bids for the 2020 nomination, for instance, signed on as Senate co-sponsors of the proposal.
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And the new bill says….
Oh, I know, pass it and then you will find out what is in the bill.
The toilet isn’t even fully flushed on the Green Deal turd and magically
the authors have taken out some truly absurd bits to hopefully make sure that campaign financing is secure .
Looks like a slightly different group of white hairs in this photo op but the message is the same … just hidden better . Nancy didn’t write this and i’ll bet almost no one in that photo did either .
At least the public can’t say they weren’t advised they were going to be screwed .