Far-left politician Alexandria Ocasio Cortez "reforms or abolishes" legislative filibuster on Thursday after the Supreme Court curbs the capabilities of the Environmental Protection Agency. Said it should be.Regulate emissions from power plants without Congressional approval.
"Catastrophic. Carving out filibuster is not enough," Ocasio Cortez (D-NY)tweeted in response to a West Virginia v. EPA High Court ruling { It is written in 10}.
"For the sake of the planet, we need to reform or abolish everything," added a member of the "Squad."
The AOC office did not immediately respond to the post office's request for clarification as to whether she was referring to filibuster or the Supreme Court itself. did.
However, in a subsequent tweet, Bronx and Queens lawmakers called voters to call the Senator and ask them to review the procedure.
The problem with "choose two Roe dems" is that it's not clear if it's a #. You need to count the votes, "she wroteas. "Filibuster requires 51, but it's not just Manchin&Cinema. What to do? Call your DEM Senator and explicitly support abolished or talking filibuster. Please ask them to do so. "
Progressive Democrats repeatedlyabolish filibusteras her party struggled to pass the drastic legislation that passed the Senate for a 60-vote legislative standard.
These efforts were largely thwarted by Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
The two have consistently expressed opposition to abolishing filibuster, and recently on Thursday, a Manchin spokesman said the senator's position was "unchanged." I told the post.
Last Thursday,President BidenHe would support the Supreme Court abolishing the procedure to codify federal abortion protection after overturning the Roe v. Wade case.
The New York Democratic post was made just minutes after the Supreme Court rolled back the EPA's regulatory agencyin a 6-3 ruling.
Judge John Roberts said: It is not plausible that Congress has empowered the EPA to adopt such a regulatory scheme on its own. "
"Determining such scale and outcome depends on the parliament itself, or an agency that acts according to a clear delegation from its representative body," he added.
