by Mike Bastasch
Should Democrats win control of the House this election, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will ask her caucus to create a select committee on climate change similar to the now-defunct panel behind the failed effort to pass cap-and-trade legislation.
Pelosi said the committee would “‘prepare the way with evidence’ for energy conservation and other climate change mitigation legislation,” she told The New York Times in an interview released Wednesday.
“Pelosi said it was clearly still needed to educate the public about the impact of more frequent extreme weather events,” TheNYT reported of Pelosi’s interview remarks.
Pelosi wants a committee similar to the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming that stood from 2007 to 2011. Then-Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Ed Markey chaired the committee, which spearheaded the effort to pass cap-and-trade legislation.
Markey’s cap-and-trade bill passed the House in 2009, but it failed to get enough support from moderate Senate Democrats. Cap-and-trade opponents successfully labeled the effort as an energy tax, since it would have raised gas and electricity prices.
Republicans disbanded the committee shortly after winning the 2010 election.
The defeat of Markey’s cap-and-trade bill pushed Democrats off the issue for years, relying on the Obama administration to implement a climate agenda through executive actions.
However, with President Donald Trump in the White House, a Democratic House would likely propose legislation aimed at fighting man-made global warming. Democrats have already said they would make global warming a major priority if they retake the House this election.
Democrats are keen to use House committees’ powers to push subsidies for green energy and even cap-and-trade or a carbon tax.
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This is a mute point. Even if Democrats retake the House of Representatives, which is probably 50:50 at this point, they won’t get any of their resistance garbage past an even stronger GOP Senate.
They can impeach to their hearts content, take back their taxes, reflate Obamacare, in fact waste everybody’s time, while Trump and Senate unleash their own investigations. Trump won’t even need his veto.
The Dems want to turn this into a blood sport; they have succeeded, but imho they are the ones who will bear its political and legal consequences.
Doesn’t matter if a (slim) Democrat-majority House or even House and Senate wants climate taxes. They won’t get them passed anytime soon with a Republican President who is opposed to regulations that stifle private-sector productivity. That’s the beauty of the separation of powers and checks and balances built into the Constitution. They force a more deliberative approach to legislation and require sponsors of legislation to persuade a majority as well as the President.
Always remember that gridlock is the next best thing to a constitutional republic. Most of the time, Congress not getting things done is a feature—not a bug—that benefits citizens and keeps them from meddling where they probably shouldn’t.
Dems could have implemented a climate tax back when Obama was first elected. But the didn’t…
Look for them (should they win the house) to push the climate tax and then bleat about how Trump and the Republicans are blocking climate action.
From the article: “Pelosi said it was clearly still needed to educate the public about the impact of more frequent extreme weather events,” TheNYT reported of Pelosi’s interview remarks.”
Pelosi clearly needs to be educated to the fact that extreme weather events are less frequent today, not more frequent. She has it just backwards.
I wonder whether in fact they will be silly enough to re-introduce taxes. I rather suspect that by now they are beginning to realise that they backed the wrong horse. My bet is that they have learnt their lesson.
Good – Pelosi will make a great House Speaker who is also adept at getting crosd-party support. There are Republicans who want to support initiatives to combat global warming.
Plenty of evidence that more action needs to be taken and sooner:
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/11/01/australia/ocean-warming-report-intl/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F
Where’s this evidence that Nancy gets support from any other than Democrats.
Heck, there’s not much evidence that she gets all that much support from Democrats.
Even when they had super majorities, they still couldn’t get much done.
As to your evidence, it isn’t.
Your evidence is thoroughly shredded in another post.
Good take on who might end up being in charge after the Mid Terms:
http://mankindsdegradationofplanetearth.com/2018/11/01/leadership-upheaval-in-u-s-house-awaits-trump-after-election/
What is so hard to understand ? For me it’s hard to understand people actually can vote on anything even close to socialism. We have the result of such policies. Many times. One of the best examples is Sweden. Taxes, taxes and taxes. Look at the carpark, compare to most of countries. Essentially small cars, few BMW, Mecedes and forget about Ferraris or Supercars. Look at a train station, so simple and look exactly the same as it did in the 1950ies. My wife say this is a poor country. People are poor. Only one thing is ‘good’. You pay little for healthcare when you get it. There is lines, takes usually 3 to 6 month to get help, compare to lines for food in Russia back in the 70ies and 80ies. What beats me ? How the hell do people vote for this mess ??? We don’t even have democracy. We vote for representatives for a party and when we have a public vote for something it’s only regarded as an advice ! Politicians has the veto right which hould belong to voters. Compare Switzerland which also makes it much better for the people. Our pensions is very low and a lot of pensioneers live poor. That what you want ? Vote democrat ! You want an opportunity, want to decide your own life ? You want to live in a free country ? vote republican !
Jesus Christ comments like this annoy me they are so ill informed. Basically there are a huge number of people in the US living below the poverty line. Vice News recently did an expose on US citizens having to live out of their cars – using secure car parks specially provided for them at night – because they cannot afford an appartment, even though many of them are working. Basically, under Trump and his billionaire ilk, the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer.
Forget about the US claiming it is better than countries like Sweden or any other European country. There are thousands of people who have no hope of getting out of the squalour and poverty they currently live in – especially under the Republicans who don’t give a f**k. Living standards in the US for thousands of people are much worse than in Europe – face the facts and reality!
“Jesus Christ comments like this annoy me they are so ill informed. Basically there are a huge number of people in the US living below the poverty line. Vice News recently did an expose on US citizens having to live out of their cars – using secure car parks specially provided for them at night – because they cannot afford an appartment, even though many of them are working. Basically, under Trump and his billionaire ilk, the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer.”
Just yesterday it was announced that the Trump administration has eliminated veteran homelessness in seven U.S. cities, including Washington DC with the ultimate goal of eliminating homelessness for all military veterans. The Trump administration is starting projects in the poorest parts of America’s largest cities to give them an economic stimulus.
The number of people living in poverty is a lot less now that Trump is in Office and his economic policies are starting to take hold. It was said this morning that 50 million Americans have 401K investment programs and those 401K’s have grown by at least 30 percent since Trump implemented his economic policies. Billionaires and regular citizens are both profiting by have Trump as president.
Progress is being made and there will be more to come in the future barring effective Democrat obstructionism.
All these are simply statements made by you without any factual evidential documentation from verifiable and trustworthy sources to back them up. I could say the US ecomomy’s GDP tripled during the Obama administration – BUT I would need to provide evidence.
Ivanski demanding evidence.
Now that is funny.
The total number of people employed recently set a record.
Incomes are expanding at a record pace as well.
Speaking of ignorance, here comes ivanski to show case his.
Of course there are a huge number of people living below the poverty line. The poverty line is DEFINED as being a set fraction of the median income.
As the country gets richer, the poverty line moves up, even though the people under the poverty line are getting richer.
That people can’t afford apartments in places like San Francisco and New York are do to liberal policies that restrict new construction.
The poor aren’t getting poorer, but liberals are getting dumber.
Once again, giving a f*ck is defined by being willing to steal money from those who work in order to use it to buy votes from those who don’t want to.
LOL @ur momisugly MarkW: “liberal policies that restrict new construction”
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You are dead wrong. Landowners, and rich people that own real estate in these areas are not liberal, they are conservative. They restrict new construction to enhance the value of their properties.
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Prove me wrong.
“Basically there are a huge number of people in the US living below the poverty line. “
“There are thousands of people who have no hope of getting out of the squalour and poverty they currently live in –“
As you said yourself: “All these are simply statements made by you without any factual evidential documentation from verifiable and trustworthy sources to back them up.”
Check out Vice News and a recent UN Commissioner report. He travelled through the US looking into poverty across the country and was appalled by what he saw. He said it was like a third world country.
Extreme wealth in the US is obscene and Bernie Saunders/Elizabeth Warren have some very good ideas on improving the lot of the poor – the Republicans will never do it.
“What is so hard to understand ? For me it’s hard to understand people actually can vote on anything even close to socialism. We have the result of such policies. Many times.”
Sadly, very many people are seriously misinformed about socialism (and a lot of other things). That makes sense since most of Western news media are socialists themselves and they push their political agenda relentlessly so the general public only gets one side of the argument most of the time.
The West has a huge propaganda machine in the Leftwing News Media and they are doing serious harm to numerous countries with their lies and distortions of the truth..
It’s easy to convince people that the only reason why they don’t have everything they want is because the evil rich stole it.
It’s easy to convince people to raise taxes on other people so that they can have more.
I thought the Democrats were supposed to be losing interest in climate change.
“Democratic messaging on climate change has been stunted throughout the midterm election cycle, and most candidates are turning to other issues to connect with voters, the New York Times reports.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/10/03/democrats-shelve-climate-change-as-an-election-talking-point/
If they want to tax CO2 output, tariffs on China imports would be a good start; in general, a trade war against those who keep emitting more and more CO2.
You know, just what President Trump is doing. They must support that if they care about CO2.
Do yout research and stop making China tge bogeyman when it comes to environmental initiatives.
They are taking concrete steps to improve their environmental record – investing huge amounts in solar and EVs and now going in the completely opposite direction to the US in terms of its coal industry.
China is outleaping the US in terms of rewables initiatives and are becoming industry leaders – the US will rue the day they were so slow to develop their own.
Do your research on China before simply regurgitating Trump’s comments on them. Stzrt thinking for yourself for a change: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/30/business/europe-lithium-electric-batteries/index.html
Do your research on China before simply regurgitating Trump’s comments on them. Start thinking for yourself for a change: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/30/business/europe-lithium-electric-batteries/index.html
For anybody who thinks the US is a rich country and everything is hunky dory under the Donald, then think again:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his mission to the United States of America
https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1629536/files/A_HRC_38_33_Add-1-EN.pdf
And just who paid for that propaganda against the United States?
What is their agenda, their biases, their prejudices?
Why would someone pay a UN Commissioner? Basically you don’t like the truth of the message so you decide to go after the messenger.
This is not a media outlet that may have some bias – this is a UN report. But probably you will put it down to a socalist conspiracy hatched up by the International Socialist Party that is financing anti-American bias in the UN.
Ivan, if you believe that the UN does not have serious biases against the US, you are utterly hopeless.
No Tom you are utterly hopeless. You are a fool for buying into all these conspiracy theories propounded by Trump and his ilk that everyone is out to get America – even its European allies.
I suggest you start seeing through the rhetoric of paranoia. Trump lives in his own crazy bubble snf many Americans are now fed up with it … you want to join him – well be my guest.
No Tom you are utterly hopeless. You are a fool for buying into all these conspiracy theories propounded by Trump and his ilk that everyone is out to get America – even its European allies.
I suggest you start seeing through the rhetoric of paranoia. Trump lives in his own crazy bubble snf many Americans are now fed up with it … you want to join him – well be my guest.
No Tom you are utterly hopeless. You are a fool for buying into all these conspiracy theories propounded by Trump and his ilk that everyone is out to get America – even its European allies.
I suggest you start seeing through the rhetoric of paranoia. Trump lives in his own crazy bubble snf many Americans are now fed up with it … you want to join him – well be my guest.