Gaetz unveils a Green Real Deal as a counterproposal to Ocasio-Cortez's plan
By Emily Kopp CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced the Green Real Deal on Wednesday, a competing resolution to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal, a sign the ambitious plan to combat climate change championed by the Democratic freshman has convinced some in the Republican Caucus of the need for a conservative counterproposal. "History will judge harshly my colleagues