New House Caucus Poised to Pull for Green Stimulus
Since Josh asked yesterday about the congressional constituency for including environmentally sustainable, forward-thinking proposals in the stimulus bill, I've been hunting around for it. And wouldn't you know it -- the Bold Action Caucus had its first meeting yesterday.
Okay, that's not its real name. The working title of the new congressional group convened by Reps. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Steve Israel (D-NY) is the Sustainable Energy & Environment Caucus, and their organizational event drew between 30 and 35 members.
The group has set out its general guiding principles, an Inslee spokeswoman told me. Asked about specific proposals that the new caucus might be pushing for inclusion in the stimulus bill, she said that question is on the agenda. "Clearly the stimulus is something to consider, but right now they're in the organizational stages."
The group has set out its general guiding principles, an Inslee spokeswoman told me.
Are those general guiding principles anywhere available?
What is the difference between this caucus and the existing Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency caucus?
January 9, 2009 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is there a way to find out who's supporting it? And a way to urge non-supporters to join it?
January 9, 2009 7:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, please. A list of members and info on how to get in touch with them - if you're not in their district, you can't access email for house members.
January 11, 2009 3:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm not finding anything specifically about this caucus on Representative Steve Israel's website (he's my Congressman), but he has been working on this issue for some time now.
He has what appears to be a related page at
http://israel.house.gov/?sectionid=59§iontree=3,59
He also has posted the following plan:
http://israel.house.gov/uploads/nextgen.pdf
January 11, 2009 8:13 AM | Reply | Permalink