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submitted 5 days ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said Democrats would pursue an agenda to reduce energy costs if they win back control of Congress.

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[-] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 15 points 5 days ago

AOC should primary Schumer given his track record of going back on his word.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago

His next election isn't until 2028. So it's going to be a bit before anything like that is attempted.

[-] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

wewillTRYreallyhard!

-Chuck Schumer!

[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

Is that it? Just so that it all happens all over again?

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 days ago

Right now, he's playing defense, and simply trying to prevent the election from being rigged too badly by the Republicans

I agree that the Democrats need to be far more ambitious; how much they can be will depend very much on the size of the majority they win. Last time, they couldn't pass anything more than a budget — and even that required a coal baron to sign off on it — which is why the Inflation Reduction Act was structured the way it was.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

No. Come on. Chuck was there when Obama squandered a majority. You can't wait until you know you'll win to even try. Leadership means making the case for doing what's right, not collecting a paycheck until conditions get so bad the voters demand action. Consevatives sure as shit don't wait until they have a majority to advance their agenda.

Of course, that's the problem. Chuck is a corporate-owned centrist hired to be opposition in name only. He's not the solution to any problem we face.

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 0 points 5 days ago

Plus he's really struggling with how to make sure they loose the mid terms...

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

No he's not, they can do that in their sleep. The struggle is to trick viewers into believing they're actually trying, well, anything.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Worthless sack of shit tries more pointless displacement activity.

"You want a revolution? Best we can do is proposing solar-panel tax credits that we don't have the votes to pass."

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