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November 20, 2018

Push for "Green New Deal" Gains Steam in House
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Long-serving Congressmember John Lewis has joined other lawmakers in
supporting incoming New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's call for a
Green New Deal. Lewis is the highest-profile congressmember so far to
back Ocasio-Cortez's resolution to create a bipartisan committee that
would work on a plan to bring the U.S. to a carbon-neutral economy and
adopt 100% renewable energy. The proposal for the committee also seeks
to bar lawmakers who have accepted money from the fossil fuel industry.
Other lawmakers who support the formation of the committee include
Congressmembers Ro Khanna and Carolyn Maloney, and the incoming Deb
Haaland, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.


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