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February 20, 2019

Sen. Dick Durbin teases Green New Deal sponsors: 'What in the heck is this?'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., are facing growing pushback within their own party over their Green New Deal proposal.

February 19, 2019

Barney Frank says Green New Deal a 2020 'loser'

Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., isn’t holding back when it comes to commenting on the Green New Deal calling it a “loser” and highlighting the divide within the Democratic party.

February 19, 2019

Liz Peek: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Amazon takedown shows progressive programs can do real harm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has done our country a great service. By helping to drive Amazon out of New York, the young progressive congresswoman has reminded us, and her colleagues, that political grandstanding can have real world consequences.

February 19, 2019

Virginia’s ‘Green New Deal’ exposes what Democrats really care about -- and it’s not the environment

There’s absolutely no need for the strong arm of government to impose this on people who have no interest in having a solar plant half the size of Manhattan dropped in their backyard.

February 18, 2019

Cory Booker calls warnings about Green New Deal price tag a ‘lie’

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker, campaigning in New Hampshire on Monday, said it’s a “lie” for critics to say the Green New Deal is too expensive to implement.

February 17, 2019

Green New Deal would destroy American Dream, create American Nightmare

The nonbinding Green New Deal resolution supported by socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of New York and many fellow Democrats in Congress – including some running for president – makes absolutely no sense. It is a fantasy based on hopes and dreams with no basis in reality.

February 16, 2019

David Webb: The Green New Deal is no joke -- Republicans must pay attention because leftists have a goal

Democrats have a growing field of presidential hopefuls but their socialist ideas are lacking and overlapping examples of proven failure. So here’s a fair question: Is it about the words or the ideals?

February 14, 2019

House Republican worries Trump's emergency declaration could help future Dem president enact Green New Deal

A Republican congresswoman says she is concerned that President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency in order to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could be used as a legal precedent to allow a future Democrat president push through legislation such as the Green New Deal.

February 14, 2019

Likely 2020 contender Hickenlooper argues against Green New Deal, 'Medicare-for-all' litmus test

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper touted his progressive credentials during a trip to the state that holds the first primary in the race for the White House. But the likely Democratic presidential contender pointedly said that support for "Medicare-for-all" and the Green New Deal shouldn’t be any sort of “a litmus test of what it takes to be a good Democrat.”

February 14, 2019

Kudlow blasts 'crazy' New Green Deal, Dems who want to raises taxes for the rich: 'socialism is on trial'

Larry Kudlow, Director of the U.S. National Economic Council, appeared on “America’s Newsroom” Thursday and took on socialism and those in the Democratic party who want to raise taxes for the wealthy.