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David Vitter Mistakenly Accuses Climate Bill of Giving Dictatorial Powers to President

This is a deeply strange story, ably picked apart by the smart conservative blogger Ed Morrissey. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has been making the rounds today

Jul 31, 2020161.1K Shares2.4M Views
This is a deeply strange story, ably picked apartby the smart conservative blogger Ed Morrissey. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has been making the roundstoday claiming that the climate bill includes a provisionthat — in the words of the Washington Examiner — “requires President Obama to act like Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez” and assume emergency powers if a “climate emergency” is declared by the EPA. The truth, from the legislation:
In the event that the Administrator or the National Academy of Sciences has concluded, in the most recent report submitted under section 705 or 706 respectively, that the United States will not achieve the necessary domestic greenhouse gas emissions reductions, or that global actions will not maintain safe global average surface temperature and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration thresholds, the President shall, not later than July 1, 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, submit to Congress a plan identifying domestic and international actions that will achieve necessary additional greenhouse gas reductions, including any recommendations for legislative action.
And yet Vitter has the bizarre and fact-challenged version of this story up at his Website:
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