Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), one of the primary authors of the Green New Deal, took thousands of dollars from oil and gas lobbyists after publicly pledging to spurn “their dirty money.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said at a rally on Monday in Washington, DC, that regular people and not big money are powerful today.
Appearing Sunday on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” Bill Nye launched into an profanity-laden and hyperbolic rant about climate change, exclaiming “the planet’s on fucking fire!”
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Wednesday that he will introduce legislation banning common game-industry practices that “prey on user addiction.”
Democrats, facing conservative resistance to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal,” are now pivoting toward other environmental legislation.
Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes for Fox Business that the sponsors of the Green New Deal proposed legislation and Democrats copped out by voting, to a person, “present” rather than “yes.”
The Senate rejected the Green New Deal Resolution, 0-57, with all Republicans, three Democrats and one Independent voting against it.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) have proposed a bill which would ban targeted advertising by Big Tech to young children. The goal is an “eraser button” to remove data about children from social media platforms and other Big Tech sites.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) delivered a fiery speech on the Senate floor Wednesday as she derided the Green New Deal’s staggering $93 trillion cost.
Appearing on Pod Save America with Dan Pfeiffer this week, former Fort Bend mayor and 2020 Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg critiqued the messaging behind the Green New Deal, suggesting advocates avoid discussing “farting cows.”
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) adjourned a climate change hearing on Tuesday with the help of Republicans because not enough Democrats attended the hearing.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) Green New Deal’s astronomical cost could pay for over 3,700 border walls, costs more than the global economy, and eclipses the national debt by four times.
Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) radical Green New Deal would cost over four times the national debt, according to a study released on Monday.
Capitol Hill police arrested dozens of demonstrators advocating for the Green New Deal outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) Washington, D.C., office Monday afternoon.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Monday, former Virginia Gov. and potential 2020 candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) concurred with a Washington Post opinion-editorial referring to the Green New Deal as “unrealistic.”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) lectured school children and their teachers in a meeting Friday when asked to support the Green New Deal, telling the group she won’t respond to pressure as a longtime member of Congress.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) on Tuesday claimed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is attempting to “sabotage” the Green New Deal by bringing the far-left proposal to a Senate floor vote. “Don’t let Mitch McConnell fool you: this is nothing
Since Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi reclaimed the gavel for the first time in nearly a decade, the Democrat Party has been riding high.
UPDATE — 2:19 p.m. EST: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he will bring a vote on the Green New Deal, telling to reporters on Capitol Hill: “I’ve noted with great interest the Green New Deal. And we’re
The Green New Deal (GND) quickly became the subject of such mockery that its godmother, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, attempted to scrub the talking points from her website and pretend they never existed at all. The effort to erase this political disaster is one of the biggest political gaslighting operations in recent memory. It happened so fast that half of the online Left is still touting the GND as the irresistible wave of the future, while the other half thinks it’s a trick concocted by right-wing pranksters.
Will Colorado’s Democrat Senator, Michael Bennet, choose the faddish Green New Deal over his state’s economic future?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is boasting that dozens of Democrats back her Green New Deal, including Democrat presidential candidates.
House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said during a press conference on Friday that he is “disappointed” by the Democrats’ Green New Deal and “what it would do to our middle class.”
How will they pay for the Green New Deal? By creating an entirely new banking system out of thin air.
Progressive Democrats admit in their newly-unveiled Green New Deal outline that the resources of every billionaire and company would not cover the proposal’s cost.
U.S. energy sector says the Green New Deal makes “false promises” and it’s “immoral” to put in place policies that hurt the American people
The masterminds of the Green New Deal say a carbon tax would only make up a sliver of funding for the progressive Democrats’ proposal.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) expressed skepticism about progressive Democrats’ Green New Deal proposal following its unveiling.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) tweeted his enthusiasm for the Green New Deal, calling it “the new climate democracy.”
An outline of the “Green New Deal” shows progressive Democrats hope to expand high-speed rail transportation across the U.S. to “a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary.”
Progressive Democrats will call for every building in the U.S. to be upgraded or replaced as part of its “Green New Deal,” an outline reads.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday mocked the newly-unveiled “New Green Deal” in what is the latest example of the Democrat Party’s ever-widening split between establishment lawmakers and its progressive wing on how to tackle “climate change.”
The Green New Deal is pure socialism. It reads like a Republican parody of the Democratic platform. The best part: they are serious.
Democrats are set to introduce sweeping legislation that would transform the U.S. economy to fight climate change.
Democrats behind a bill to cut nuclear first-strike authority from the presidency said Trump did not inspire it, but he makes it more urgent.
Tuesday on CNN’s “Wolf,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said the confirmation of Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh will be “the single most powerful animating force,” to especially woman voters in the upcoming midterm elections. On the Republican base, Markey
On Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) stated that the FBI’s investigation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh was “deliberately circumscribed” by the White House and Senate Republicans and is “obviously a cover-up.” Markey said, “It’s obviously a
While speaking with fellow Senate Democrats against 3D printed guns Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) described 3D printer cartridges as being “as deadly as a gun cartridge.”
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) criticized President Trump for rising gas prices and stated that the policies he and Republicans support “are putting Big Oil, OPEC, Russia, and China first, and the American consumer last.” Transcript
A bipartisan bill called the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) seeks an addition $1.5 billion in annual defense spending for the next five years, for a total of $7.5 billion, to counter Chinese influence in the region.
