The Senate dumped the Coronabus on your lap, President Trump. You should return the favor.
Washington Times (12/29/20) column: "Recently, conservatives have called on President Trump to transmit the Paris climate agreement to the Senate as a treaty requiring “advice and consent” before it can in any way bind the United States, which Paris on its face so clearly is with its promises of adding ever-tightening regulations every five years, in perpetuity. Doing so would restore the Senate’s role in our treaty process, and also protect Americans’ economy and system of governance. The U.S. Constitution vests both the president and the Senate with roles in making any treaty commitments. Under Article II, Section 2, it is clear that either a president or a Senate can declare an international agreement a treaty. Until the Obama administration, with its Iran deal and Paris climate pact, the two institutions always worked together to avoid conflict on such matters...Mr. Obama’s Paris dare was an outrageous, brazen one that the Senate even more outrageously shied from confronting at the time. The sole cure is for Mr. Obama’s successor to restore our process, and the Senate’s role, and transmit Paris as a treaty requiring 'advice and consent'. Failing to do so, and allowing the Obama 'climate coup' to stand, would enable future presidents to unilaterally adopt any treaties they and foreign elites want, simply by deeming them “not a treaty.” Such abandonment of our balance of powers in turn imperils American self-governance, and leaves U.S. energy and economic policies beholden to the demands of foreign leaders, U.N. bureaucrats and international pressure groups."
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"To achieve his policy objectives, [Biden] will need to lean on every advantage the U.S. has. Rather than penalizing American shale producers, his administration should work with them to advance our interests."
– James Mark,
Real Clear Energy
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