Great American Outdoors Act

[Belsnickel]

I talked about this before the reboot, so I wanted to update things. The bill passed the House, which means it now heads to Trump's desk. Now, I won't go so far as Ivanka to compare Trump to TR (after all, he had to be convinced of it while TR would have been the one to suggest it), but if he ends up signing it I will applaud it.

Of course, as the House was passing the bill his administration was laying the groundwork to approve a potentially devastating mine in Alaska and has been chipping away at all sorts of environmental regulations. So one step forward after hundreds of steps back doesn't do much, but it is something.

[GMDino]

(07-27-2020, 01:14 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I talked about this before the reboot, so I wanted to update things. The bill passed the House, which means it now heads to Trump's desk. Now, I won't go so far as Ivanka to compare Trump to TR (after all, he had to be convinced of it while TR would have been the one to suggest it), but if he ends up signing it I will applaud it.

Of course, as the House was passing the bill his administration was laying the groundwork to approve a potentially devastating mine in Alaska and has been chipping away at all sorts of environmental regulations. So one step forward after hundreds of steps back doesn't do much, but it is something.

As an overview who proposed this and did it pass with a large bipartisan approval?  I honestly don't remember.

[Belsnickel]

(07-27-2020, 01:24 PM)GMDino Wrote: As an overview who proposed this and did it pass with a large bipartisan approval?  I honestly don't remember.

It was proposed last year by a Democrat in the House, but it has had bipartisan support from the start. This year, two Republican champions of the legislation in the Senate revived it and attached it to different legislation with some revisions and got Trump to agree to it. In both the House and Senate it has strong bipartisan agreement.

[GMDino]

(07-27-2020, 08:21 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: It was proposed last year by a Democrat in the House, but it has had bipartisan support from the start. This year, two Republican champions of the legislation in the Senate revived it and attached it to different legislation with some revisions and got Trump to agree to it. In both the House and Senate it has strong bipartisan agreement.

Good to know.  Thanks.