Oregon's Rep. Blumenauer introduced his Climate Emergency Resolution on the floor of the House

[lapucelle]

Blumenauer was inspired to draft the resolution after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on the Southern border to secure funds to build a border wall.

It has 33 original co-sponsors.

https://bit.ly/2Lgp6uG

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/07/oregon-rep-earl-blumenauer-joins-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bernie-sanders-to-push-for-emergency-climate-declaration.html

[George II]

1. I thought this was AOC's baby in the House?

[Bradical79]

4. She's a co-sponsor -nt

[George II]

6. Yes, it has 33 co-sponsors:

Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]* 07/09/2019
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Grijalva, Raul M. [D-AZ-3]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]* 07/09/2019
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]* 07/09/2019
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]* 07/09/2019

[Bradical79]

8. Yeah, so not sure what you were asking?

[Voltaire2]

10. Isn't it "much ado about nothing"?

[ehrnst]

13. No, that was about another bill, not this one. (nt)

[Voltaire2]

2. So is this a good thing now?

[lapucelle]

3. It was never a bad thing.

[Voltaire2]

5. oh yes it was.

but whatever.

[Bradical79]

7. I'm assuming it's a sarcastic comment aimed at certain people?

There were some trashing this sort of thing when they were linked to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, or anyone else that criticized Pelosi, or Biden.

[Voltaire2]

9. For example, somebody said this:

" It probably won't pass in the House and definitely won't pass in the Senate.....

....much ado about nothing, but then again.................."

Just take some initials off the story and suddenly its a great idea!

[melman]

11. And this particular somebody

seems to think it's some kind of 'burn' on Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez if Blumenauer gets credit.


Exactly why a person would think that way is anybody's guess.

[ehrnst]

12. That was about that specific bill, not about climate change legislation in general.

I hope that clears things up for you.