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David Sirota Jul 19, 2023

🚨NEWS: Amid record-breaking heat, Republicans are introducing legislation to block any president from declaring a climate emergency.

Fossil fuel donors funneled more than $5 million to the bill sponsors — and some of the lawmakers are oil/gas investors. https://www.levernews.com/new-gop-bill-would-curb-bidens-power-to-fight-climate-change/

New GOP Bill Would Curb Biden’s Power To Fight Climate Change

Republicans are trying to thwart the president’s power to declare a climate emergency amid record-breaking heat.

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Lynne Jackier Jul 19, 2023

@davidsirota

How can Congress forbid the executive branch from performing one of their functions? I'm not a legal scholar, but that sounds unconstitutional to me. Aside from the fact that it's foolish, catastrophicly destructive and wrong.

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EarthOne

@YourNeighbor57 @davidsirota GOP oligarchs are not hiding it anymore: they are burning the Constitution. Trump said as much this week at his new "Retribution!" campaign tour: