Democrats are putting the Green New Deal in the rearview mirror, but they're not abandoning climate change legislation.
The change comes after a heated few months where Republicans battered the idea of the Green New Deal, damaging a brand initially promoted by freshman Rep. The Senate on Tuesday blocked legislation to advance the Green New Deal resolution on a procedural vote, with most Democrats voting present.
The group and other like-minded organizations are waiting on Ocasio-Cortez to present a promised new bill that will include aspects of the Green New Deal.
On Wednesday said in an interview with Fox News he wants to campaign against the Green New Deal.
Corbin Trent, communications director for Ocasio-Cortez, told The Hill on Tuesday that the New York Democrat will likely roll out individual climate bills, instead of a comprehensive measure akin to the Green New Deal resolution.
The shift in focus from passing the Green New Deal as a whole to advancing smaller bills may gather more support from moderate Democrats in the House, who in the past have criticized the broader plan as wishful thinking and not achievable.
House Republicans are pushing for a floor vote on the Green New Deal resolution that would force Democrats to take a position on the proposal.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/436171-democrats-to-move-on-from-green-new-deal
The change comes after a heated few months where Republicans battered the idea of the Green New Deal, damaging a brand initially promoted by freshman Rep. The Senate on Tuesday blocked legislation to advance the Green New Deal resolution on a procedural vote, with most Democrats voting present.
The group and other like-minded organizations are waiting on Ocasio-Cortez to present a promised new bill that will include aspects of the Green New Deal.
On Wednesday said in an interview with Fox News he wants to campaign against the Green New Deal.
Corbin Trent, communications director for Ocasio-Cortez, told The Hill on Tuesday that the New York Democrat will likely roll out individual climate bills, instead of a comprehensive measure akin to the Green New Deal resolution.
The shift in focus from passing the Green New Deal as a whole to advancing smaller bills may gather more support from moderate Democrats in the House, who in the past have criticized the broader plan as wishful thinking and not achievable.
House Republicans are pushing for a floor vote on the Green New Deal resolution that would force Democrats to take a position on the proposal.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/436171-democrats-to-move-on-from-green-new-deal
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