Pinkerton: The Last Time Nancy Pelosi Persuaded House Democrats to Jump Off a CliffJames P. Pinkerton 20 Nov 2021
By a narrow margin, the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives voted on complicated and controversial legislation.
Inside-the-Beltway observers, always attuned to political technique, were duly impressed by the muscle used to get the bill through the House. In the words of Politico, “Despite the tough path to passage, the legislation is a significant win for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”
For his part, the new Democratic president—less than a year into office—was delighted. He said of the legislation, “It’s a bold and necessary step.”
So, yes, Democrats were very happy when the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed the House on June 26, 2009.
Oh, sorry—were you thinking that this was about the Build Back Better (BBB) legislation that passed the House on November 19, 2021?
We’ll get to BBB, but just for another moment, let’s keep going down memory lane, back to when House Speaker Pelosi pushed an ambitious—many said, too ambitious—bill aimed at setting up a “cap and trade” system for carbon dioxide emissions. You know, to fight climate change—and perhaps also to enrich her cronies. Indeed, critics ripped the cap-and-trade system as “Enron in the sky,” referring to the crooked company that sought to make insider profits out of its political connections.
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