It's a resolution, not a bill to be enacted into law. If passed, it just says Congress agrees that we need to move this way. Not that it would ever pass the Senate. And even Pelosi has largely ignored it, saying it is one of many approaches that we will look at. Perhaps she thinks that AOC is getting a little uppity for a new kid in her House?
And the people behind this are starting to bicker. AOC is leading this in the House and Markey in the Senate. AOC says that one aim is to do away with nuclear power, Markey says not so.
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Giselle Barry, a spokeswoman for Senator Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who is the Green New Deal’s lead Senate backer, disowned the fact sheet and said Markey’s office wasn’t consulted before it was sent out. "We did not draft that fact sheet," she said.
Markey sought to do damage control at a midday press conference, emphasizing the proposed resolution doesn’t address specific energy technologies. Language on nuclear power “is not part of this legislation,” he said. “The resolution is silent on any individual technology that can move us to a solution.”
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