Pelosi Invokes Obama to Head Off Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal

摘要

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to head off her party's restive progressive caucus by invoking the legacy of President Barack Obama to build support for a climate change bill that falls well short of the ambitions of the Green New Deal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Pelosi is planning a vote by the House this week on a bill that would prohibit President Donald Trump's administration from going through with plans to pull out of the Paris climate agreement....