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TomDaisy

(1,862 posts) Sun Oct 17, 2021, 10:03 PM Oct 2021

Biden has a big chip he needs to use now - threaten to declare Natl ER for Climate by Exec Order

certainly doing something like this would greatly displease Manchin's donors and hit their interests very hard

Tell Manchin it's time to play ball or we can do things the hard, ugly way. His choice.

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Biden has a big chip he needs to use now - threaten to declare Natl ER for Climate by Exec Order (Original Post) TomDaisy Oct 2021 OP

What specifically should it say? MichMan Oct 2021 #1

If trump could declare the border wall a national emergency, Biden could do the same with JohnSJ Oct 2021 #2

MichMan

(11,900 posts)

1. What specifically should it say?

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Sun Oct 17, 2021, 10:08 PM

Oct 2021

JohnSJ

(92,115 posts)

2. If trump could declare the border wall a national emergency, Biden could do the same with

Reply to TomDaisy (Original post)

Sun Oct 17, 2021, 10:49 PM

Oct 2021

Climate change, but I have no doubt that challenged as a valid use of an executive order, but more importantly it would solve the climate crisis. That needs to be done legislatively

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