| Rice Versus
AOC For Energy In DC As Politics of Place
But Not Bank Reregulation Are Zoomed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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NEW YORK, SDNY
& EDNY, Dec 17 – The
difference between retail and
wholesale politics was on
display Thursday night, on
calls on Zoom and video, DC,
The Bronx and Queens.
Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez held
a Zoom town hall from 7:30 to
8:30 pm, at which she took
constituent and three media
questions, focused on the
stimulus negotiations but the
Paycheck Protection Program or
bank re-regulation aspects of
it.
But
as DC based sources report,
there was a video call to vote
on contested seats on the
House Energy and Commerce
Committee, where Democratic
leadership set up a vote
between Ocasio-Cortez and Long
Island former prosecutor
Kathleen Rice, which as set up
the latter won, 46-13.
Surprisingly,
this showdown did not come up
in the questions selected in
the questions picked on
Thursday night, except perhaps
indirectly.
A constituent in
the Bronx' Parkchester housing
development asked about how
the Green New Deal deals with
such issues as pollution from
trucks on the nearby Cross
Bronx Expressway.
Ocasio-Cortez
replied among other things
that corporations are given
tax breaks to come into the Bronx
and then pollute it; she spoke
about health problems caused
by older housing stock like
Parkchester.
She also
said that earmarks are in the
past, and that Federal
Congresspeople have to work on
nationwide issues.
As
an example, a constituent from
Astoria, Queens was given an
update on negotiations on PPP
and other stimulus (but again,
not the bank regulatory aspect
of PPP).
In
full disclosure, Inner City
Press which is headquartered
in Ocasio-Cortez' district had
asked in writing, and in
advance, about PPP
and the Community Reinvestment
Act, specifically anti-CRA
Comptroller of the Currency Brian
Brooks. We hope to have
more on this. Watch this site.
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