{"id":1552187,"date":"2022-07-13T10:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1552187"},"modified":"2022-07-13T10:05:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:05:18","slug":"the-five-craziest-bills-ever-proposed-by-aoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-five-craziest-bills-ever-proposed-by-aoc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five Craziest Bills Ever Proposed By AOC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-five-craziest-bills-ever-proposed-by-aoc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1552187&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is, without a doubt, one of the Democratic Party\u2019s rising stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With 13.2 million followers on Twitter, she appears to carry more grassroots influence than some of the most well-known politicians on the Left \u2014 including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and fellow \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).<\/p>\n<p>Despite her popularity with the progressive base, researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/american-politics\/aoc-among-most-ineffective-lawmakers-in-congress-according-to-study-664063\">found<\/a> that in terms of garnering support for and passing legislation, she is one of the least effective lawmakers in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>When one examines her proposals, there is no mystery as to why this is the case.<\/p>\n<p>The Green New Deal<\/p>\n<p>The Green New Deal (GND) \u2014 a plan that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/warren-ocasio-cortezs-93-trillion-green-new-deal-does-not-go-far-enough\">tackle climate change<\/a> by ending fossil fuel usage \u2014 has a price tag of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanactionforum.org\/daily-dish\/an-initial-analysis-of-the-green-new-deal\/\">$93 trillion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Green New Deal\u2019s measures extend far beyond the issue of climate. As the American Action Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanactionforum.org\/research\/the-green-new-deal-scope-scale-and-implications\/\">details<\/a>, the plan includes \u201ca 10-year transition to an exclusively low-carbon energy electricity grid\u201d and \u201cenough high-speed rail transit available that air travel becomes unnecessary\u201d \u2014 but also slips in leftist policy goals like \u201cunion jobs with a family-sustaining wage,\u201d \u201cadequate family and medical leave, paid vacations, and retirement security to all people of the United States,\u201d \u201cuniversal health care,\u201d \u201cguaranteed housing for every American,\u201d and \u201cfood security for every person in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legislation would attempt to meet all of the power demand in the United States \u201cthrough clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources\u201d within the next decade. In order to accomplish ubiquitous green energy usage in such a short time frame, the legislation suggests \u201cupgrading all existing buildings in the United States and building new buildings to achieve maximum energy efficiency\u201d and \u201coverhauling transportation systems in the United States to remove pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why the short time frame? Because Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ocasio-cortez-i-was-joking-about-world-ending-12-amanda-prestigiacomo&#039;\">asserted<\/a> that the world \u201cis gonna end in twelve years\u201d if Americans do not address climate change. After conservatives called out the absurdity of her statement, however, the lawmaker insisted that she was merely employing \u201cdry humor\u201d and \u201csarcasm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Civilian Climate Corps<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Ocasio-Cortez suggested that Congress build a $70 billion \u201cCivilian Climate Corps.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Weighing in at 0.075% of the Green New Deal\u2019s size, the Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) comparatively seems like a bargain. However, the legislation would<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-is-shoving-a-70-billion-civilian-climate-corps-bill-through-congress\"> employ<\/a> at least 1.5 million Americans \u2014 a population larger than the United States\u2019 total active military force \u2014 to \u201ccomplete federally-funded projects that help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each \u201ccorpsmember\u201d would receive a salary between $25,000 and $50,000 through 2025. Since the bill would favor hiring from \u201clabor groups,\u201d taxpayers can be certain that the new positions would exist until the end of all creation \u2014 or, for the next twelve years. Whichever comes first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CCC would put 1.5 million young people to work strengthening our communities and preserving our lands \u2014 doing everything from remediating blight and maintaining trails to creating entirely new green spaces,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez remarked. \u201cThe program also provides the support needed to turn this work into a career path \u2014 including childcare, eldercare and tax-free educational grants to be used for student loan debt payments or higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CCC sounds an awful lot like a miniaturized GND.<\/p>\n<p>Ban Fracking Act<\/p>\n<p>Though likewise tame in the light of the Green New Deal, Ocasio-Cortez has suggested the outright abolition of fracking.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/soto.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/soto-ocasio-cortez-sanders-merkley-unveil-bill-ban-fracking-nationwide\">Ban Fracking Act<\/a> of 2020 would \u201cinstitute an immediate federal ban on all new federal permits for fracking-related infrastructure and a ban on fracking within 2,500 feet of homes and schools by 2021,\u201d then \u201cban fracking nationwide\u201d starting in 2025. Breadwinners who work in the fossil fuel industry would be placed into \u201cgood-paying jobs in the communities in which they live as the United States moves quickly to an energy system based on sustainable energy and energy efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe science is clear: fracking is a leading contributor to our climate emergency. It is destroying our land. It is destroying our water and it is wreaking havoc on our communities\u2019 health,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said. \u201cWe must do our job to protect our future from the harms caused by the fracking industry and its methane emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite lofty promises from progressives seeking to upend the nation\u2019s energy infrastructure, promises of booming growth and new jobs never seem to materialize. Reporters once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/peter-doocy-blasts-jen-psaki-when-do-union-workers-get-their-green-jobs\">asked<\/a> former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki where employees from the canceled Keystone Pipeline could receive their promised green energy jobs. A year and a half later, those employees are doubtlessly still not holding their breath.<\/p>\n<p>H.Res.666<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-resolution\/666\/titles?r=70&#038;s=1\">H.Res.666<\/a> \u2014 an identifier that should automatically be imputed to all Democrat-proposed legislation \u2014 would lead the House of Representatives into ratifying the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.<\/p>\n<p>Stating that poverty and inequality are \u201cchoices made by people in power\u201d instead of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is, without a doubt, one of the Democratic Party\u2019s rising stars.\u00a0 With 13.2 million followers on Twitter, she appears to carry more grassroots influence than some of the most well-known politicians on the Left \u2014 including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and fellow \u201cSquad\u201d member &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1552307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1552187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1552187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1552307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1552187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1552187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1552187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}