Will Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green New Deal’ even get a vote?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hasn’t promised it will get time on the floor, and as of last week, she hadn’t even read the ambitious resolution.

House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., who helps to determine the floor schedule and debate rules, said leaders would wait to see how many lawmakers sign on to the bill before deciding whether to bring it to the floor.

“Let’s see how the co-sponsorship goes,” said McGovern, who supports the resolution.

McGovern said Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has not yet asked for a floor vote “because we are trying to get co-sponsors and see where people are, but my hope is it will come to the floor.”

McGovern said if enough Republicans and Democrats sign onto the resolution, it could come up under special rules limiting debate and requiring two-thirds majority for passage.

That isn’t likely, however. Most Republicans have have denounced the the plan as unrealistic and astronomically expensive and full of ideas that would destroy the U.S. economy.

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The measure is nonbinding, which means it would only “recognize the duty” to create a “Green New Deal.” It outlines a broad proposal that would require upending the U.S. economy in the coming decade in order to drastically cut carbon emissions.

The factsheet for the proposal initially circulated by Ocasio-Cortez’s office called for green retrofitting of all existing homes and buildings in the U.S. and overhauling the entire transportation sector to eliminate the use of fossil fuels.

Airplane travel and methane-producing cows would be phased out in favor of high-speed rail and sustainable family farming. The deal calls for universal healthcare and a guaranteed job for all.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Ocasio-Cortez is unlikely to pick up GOP support for the resolution and may not be able to win over her own party.

“Her own speaker is calling it a ‘green dream,’” McCarthy said Friday, repeating a comment about the resolution Pelosi made to reporters. “I think there are challenges even within her own caucus on it.”

Pelosi sounded dismissive of the resolution mid-week, but by Thursday, she was praising it for provoking a sense of urgency for taking action to avert the problems some climate scientists say threaten the United States.

“The ‘Green New Deal’ points out the fact that the public is much more aware of the challenge that we face, and that is a good thing because the public sentiment will help us pass the most bold, common denominator bold initiatives with an interest in, again, saving the planet while we create jobs, protect the health of our children, and pass the planet on in a very serious way,” said Pelosi.

Pelosi said she was “excited” by the proposal and would welcome it “and any other proposals people have out there.”

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The House will write climate change legislation in the coming year with the input of several committees that have jurisdiction. It’s not clear how much influence the “Green New Deal” will have on the end product. An overwhelming vote on the House floor would ensure the “Green New Deal” influences the legislation.

It’s co-sponsored by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., a former House member and longtime Pelosi ally. Most of the top Democratic lawmakers running for president or considering it back the plan, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Kamala Harris, D-N.Y.

Ocasio-Cortez, a star freshman who has millions of fans on twitter, is mobilizing her supporters to push for a floor vote.

“What this resolution is doing is saying, this is our first step,” Ocasio-Cortez told a crowd of supporters last week. “Our first step is to define the problem and define the scope of the solution. And so we’re here to say that small, incremental policy solutions are not enough.”