Behind the Lines: Rob Roper on Vermont Politics

Behind the Lines: Rob Roper on Vermont Politics

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Behind the Lines: Rob Roper on Vermont Politics
Behind the Lines: Rob Roper on Vermont Politics
Is this what Sen. Kitchel meant by a legislative “check back”?

Is this what Sen. Kitchel meant by a legislative “check back”?

Promise that “nothing would move forward without affirmative action by the future legislature,” is shown to be very, very false.

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Apr 25, 2023
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Is this what Sen. Kitchel meant by a legislative “check back”?
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Back at the end of February, S.5, the Clean Heat Standard bill, was in danger of dying in the Senate Appropriations Committee. A majority four out of the seven members couldn’t support a bill that handed over responsibility to the unelected Public Utilities Commission for totally remaking our economy and energy policy with without knowing exactly what t…

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