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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 02:10 PM Feb 2019

Liz Cheney calls for House vote on Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal

LBN thread: Rep. Liz Cheney Goes On 'Hooey' Rant About The Green New Deal

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Source: The Hill

Liz Cheney calls for House vote on Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal

BY TIMOTHY CAMA - 02/13/19 12:49 PM EST

The No. 3 Republican in the House is calling on Democratic leaders to hold a vote on the Green New Deal, an aggressive plan to fight climate change.

Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, said a vote would help the American people learn where lawmakers stand on the non-binding resolution that she and others have painted as a socialist plan that would ruin the economy.

“We think Democrats need to be held accountable,” Cheney told reporters Wednesday. “If they support this as they say they do, and as their presidential candidates do, then let’s have a vote on it and see to what extent they’re all going to get behind moving towards this kind of fantasy.”

Cheney, whose state is the nation's top coal producer, said the Democrats backing the proposal “have said they would attempt to eliminate all planes, all air travel, within a decade. The results would be the elimination also of gasoline, the elimination of cars as we know them now.”

The resolution, introduced last week by Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), calls for a quick, 10-year plan to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, through an aggressive increase in renewable energy, plus a jobs guarantee and other provisions.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/429832-cheney-calls-for-house-vote-on-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal
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Liz Cheney calls for House vote on Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2019 OP
Why do I have to heard the words Liz Cheney at all any more? Evergreen Emerald Feb 2019 #1
The vote totals may be useful for the crimes against humanity trials at the Hague later on... Moostache Feb 2019 #2
Well, there are many Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #3

Evergreen Emerald

(13,069 posts)
1. Why do I have to heard the words Liz Cheney at all any more?
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 02:16 PM
Feb 2019

I thought those frightful days were over. I can only take so many giant dick-wads at a time.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
2. The vote totals may be useful for the crimes against humanity trials at the Hague later on...
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 02:26 PM
Feb 2019

One day, the present power brokers and "leaders" will be held to account for their decisions to ignore climate change warnings for 40+ years. It may only be symbolic by then and without any real teeth, but those who continue to champion doing nothing in advance of the end of civilization should be held to account alright Liz...we already know where your dumb ass is going to come down on this and in the history books as well.

Spiteful, evil spawn of Satan himself says what?

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