A resolution outlining the goals of the Green New Deal capped off its first week of a somewhat messy rollout with mixed reviews, even from typically Democratic strongholds like labor unions.
In the House, the top two Democrats who would oversee any legislation that comes out of the plan have remained reluctant to fully endorse it, stopping at lauding the goals and the enthusiasm behind them. And Republicans quickly branded the Green New Deal as an extreme, socialist plan with unrealistic proposals to eliminate air travel and cows.
“The reality is that they have said they would attempt to eliminate all planes, all air travel within a decade,” House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming said Wednesday, though the resolution does not propose to do that. “The extent to which this would be fundamentally devastating for the economy, we're going to continue to make sure people...
