Green New Deal
The Washington state governor is preparing to run for the White House on the sole issue of combating human-caused global warming.
The Sunrise Movement's Road to a Green New Deal Tour will make stops in states like Kentucky, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The tit-for-tat began after Scalise claimed Democrats want to waste taxes on "leftist fantasy programs.”
The former Texas congressman joins an increasingly crowded field of potential 2020 contenders in flirting with the sweeping climate policy.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
New polling shows older, suburban women in Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice's Long Island district overwhelmingly support a Green New Deal.
Climate change will grab headlines in 2019 as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushes legislation, wildlife populations plummet, and ice melts at an alarming rate.
He says Rep. Frank Pallone, incoming chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, won’t advance the bill he’s introduced that already passed the Senate.
A month ago, the Green New Deal was a fringe topic. Now it's mainstream.
Instead, Democrats are sticking to their original plan, and channeled Exxon Mobil in an announcement refusing to bar members who take fossil fuel money.
Both Democrats and Republicans back Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, but what exactly is the policy all about?