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July 17, 2019

Immigrant running against AOC: 'We need to start talking about issues' important to district

"I'd like to represent the constituents in the Queens and the Bronx," Scherie Murray said.

July 12, 2019

AOC’s top aide admits Green New Deal about the economy, not climate

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff recently admitted that the Green New Deal was not conceived as an effort to deal with climate change, but instead a “how-do-you-change-the-entire economy thing” -- a remark likely to fuel Republican claims that the deal is nothing more than a thinly veiled socialist takeover of the U.S. economy.

July 9, 2019

Sanders compares climate change push to Pearl Harbor response as he unveils emergency resolution

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Tuesday compared the push to combat climate change to the response to the attack on Pearl Harbor as he unveiled legislation that would declare a “climate emergency" and demand a massive-scale mobilization to tackle it.

July 9, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders call for climate change emergency mobilization, seeks a re-do of failed Green New Deal

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce Tuesday a resolution declaring a climate change emergency, a move that comes after the Green New Deal failed to take off the ground earlier this year.

July 8, 2019

Trump says Green New Deal would 'crush' poor Americans, touts environmental record

In a White House speech that exhaustively documented his administration's environmental efforts, President Trump issued a new full-throated denunciation of the "Green New Deal" championed by top Democrats including New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying the proposal would devastate the economy and hit minorities the hardest.

June 25, 2019

Seattle city council endorses call for drastic 'Green New Deal'

All nine members of the Seattle city council signed a letter in support of a "Green New Deal for Seattle" on Monday.

June 23, 2019

Daniel Turner: Think California’s green, insider, pay-to-play politics is bad? It's about to get worse

What does it mean to be “green?" 

June 21, 2019

AOC's 'concentration camps' claim was just tip of the iceberg -- Here are some of her most controversial comments

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., (AOC) has only been in Congress for a matter of months but in that short period of time, she's been able to prompt widespread outrage and catch the attention of some of America's most prominent politicians.

June 18, 2019

Amy Klobuchar backs 'Green New Deal,' promises executive action on gun control in first 100 days

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., released a sweeping plan for her first 100 days as president -- touching on a wide range of issues and pledging to reverse many of the decisions made under President Trump's administration.

June 12, 2019

Sen. Chuck Grassley: Dems’ health care, Green New Deal promises riddled with poison pills that would harm us

A government-run health insurance system, dubbed as “Medicare for All,” and the Green New Deal represents the Democratic Party’s most prized policy proposals. Both make sweet-sounding promises but will deliver a bitter economic reality.