Note to Leadership: Climate Change Issue helped turn Reagan Country Blue

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According to MSNBC reporter Chris Jansen, climate change was one of the most pressing issue on the minds of voters she interviewed, and it's an issue that many of the newly elected House members ran on. A planned two day conference is not enough.

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1. Yes, it's OUR issue;

let's make use of it!

And 'f' these stories:

Veteran Democrats wary of climate push by Ocasio-Cortez and her allies
Source: Politico

Veteran Democratic lawmakers are closing ranks against new members pushing the party to the left on climate change.

Incoming chairmen say they want to address climate change, but they are bristling at the tactics of Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and other newly elected Democrats who say the party needs to come up with a "Green New Deal" that would decarbonize the economy within a decade.

“The idea that in five years or 10 years we’re not going to consume any more fossil fuels is technologically impossible,” Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), whose in line to lead the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, told POLITICO. “We can have grand goals but let’s be realistic about how we get there.”

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