House Select Climate Committe Will Not Approve Legislation, Will Likely Lack Subpoena Power

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The move thrilled activists who, joined by incoming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had protested in Pelosi’s office that day. And word of reconstituting the panel, which was revered among Democrats for helping produce the 2009 cap-and-trade bill, was greeted as a sign of the party’s commitment to aggressive climate action in the next Congress.

But the committee will not have authority to approve legislation and is not expected to have subpoena power — unlike its 2007 version. The committee’s influence will be limited by Republican control of the Senate and President Trump’s rejection of climate science. While Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has called on the committee to draft a “Green New Deal” to get the country off fossil fuels by 2030, its work may not carry weight with the powerful standing committees in the House.

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The limitations of the select committee are already coming into focus, including its expected lack of subpoena power. Prakash called this an “insult to the thousands of young people across the country who have been calling on the Democratic Party leadership to have the courage to stand up to fossil fuel billionaires.” “The Democratic Party establishment never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity,” she said.

But Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who served on the original committee, said it was a worthy project despite its lack of legislative authority. “It engaged the passions and creativity of legislators, some of who might be on the standing committees,” Inslee said. “It gave us room to try out creative ideas. I think it sharpened our pencils; it was additive, not duplicative.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/green-new-deal-divides-democrats-intent-on-addressing-climate-change/2018/12/27/c3b6a144-02d5-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html?utm_term=.3dad7a4ab666

[beachbum bob]

1. the ignorance on govt has stopped surprising me and we need to have people take a civics

refresher course in how legislation is done, what takes bills to become law. What is the power of the Senate, the House, the President and the Supreme Court.

NO DEMOCRATIC House bill we become law unless:

Mitch McConnel approves
Trump does not veto


Now, the democrats in the house can do all sorts of "symbolic bills" just like the gOP did for years with Obama. The house democats MIGHT succeed with some riders in appropriation bills which would risk being vetoed and shutting down the ogvernment.

Make no mistake, the role of the House democrats for 2 years is with investigation of the trump admin and doing so in front of the american people with the possibility of impeachment in the spring of 2020

[dlk]

2. Some of Newly Elected Congresspersons Have a Learning Curve to Conquer

Let's hope they catch on quickly.

[calimary]

3. Indeed.