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ByLisaFriedman

NEWYORKTIMES

WASHINGTON— Senator

Bernie Sanders on Thursday re-

leaseda $16.3trillion blueprint

to fightclimate change, the lat-

est and most expensive propos-

al fromthe field of Democratic

presidential candidates aimed

at reining in planet-warming

greenhouse gases.

Sanders unveiled his pro-

posalone day after Governor

Jay Inslee of Washington, who

madeclimate change the cen-

tral focus of his campaign,an-

nounced he was dropping out

of the 2020 race. Inslee’s ab-

sencecouldcreate an opening

for anotherpresidentialaspi-

rant to seize the mantle of “cli-

mate candidate.”

Sanderswas an earlysup-

porter of the Green New Deal,

an ambitious but nonbinding

congressional plan for tackling

global warmingand economic

inequality. He is bestowingthat

samenameupon his new plan,

whichcalls for the United

States to eliminate fossilfuel

use by 2050.

It declares climate change a

nationalemergency; envisions

buildingnewsolar,wind,and

geothermal powersources

acrossthe country; and com-

mits $200 billion to help poor

nations copewith climate

change.

Sanders said in an interview

Wednesday night that his pro-

posalwould“pay for itself”

over 15 years and create 20 mil-

lion jobs in the process.

There is no broadlyagreed-

uponfigure of how much needs

to be spent to decarbonizethe

US economy, but one study esti-

mated that as much as $4.5 tril-

lion could be needed just to

modernize the nation’s power

grid.

Still, the Sandersplan’s eye-

poppingpricetag is several

times bigger than those of his

leadingopponents.Formervice

president Joe Bidenhas called

for spending$1.7 trillion over

10 years. Senator Elizabeth

Warren of Massachusetts has a

$2 trillion greenmanufactur-

ing plan. Other candidates, in-

cludingformerrepresentative

Beto O’Rourke of Texas, have

also put forth ambitiouspro-

posals.

Sanders’ plan would be

fundedin part by imposing

new fees and taxes on the fossil

fuel industry. He described the

proposalas putting “meat on

the bones” of the Green New

Deal resolution and laying the

groundwork for a rapid energy

transformation.

“PresidentTrumpthinks

that climate change is a hoax.

PresidentTrumpis dangerous-

ly, dangerouslywrong. Climate

change is an existentialthreat

to the entire country and the

entire world, and we must be

extraordinarily aggressive,”

Sanders said.

“I have seven grandchildren,

and I’m going to be damnedif

I’m going to leave them a plan-

et that is unhealthy and unin-

habitable,” he added.

The proposal comesas 10

Democratic candidates prepare

to discuss climate change at a

CNNforumdedicated to the

topicSept. 4. The candidates

will not debate one another

during the event but will in-

stead make back-to-back ap-

pearances.

Democratic voters are in-

creasingly demanding that can-

didates showthey are prepared

to be ambitiousin tacklingcli-

mate change. A recentYale Uni-

versity survey found that 93

percent of party voterssupport-

ed an aggressiveplanlike the

Green New Deal.

Among registered voters,

globalwarming ranked 17th on

a list of 29 important issues —

but it was the third-most im-

portant issuefor liberal Demo-

crats and the eighth-most im-

portant for moderate and con-

servative Democrats, the report

found.

Sanders unveils

$16.3 trillion plan to

fight climate change

DES MOINES — President
Trump’s campaign is rallying
andtrainingacorpsoffemale
defenders,
mindful that
Trump’s
shaky stand-
ing with women could sink his
hopes of reelection next year.
Female supporters fanned
out to key battlegrounds Thurs-
day to make Trump’s case on
the economy and to train cam-
paign volunteers. Organizers
said female backers are often
uncomfortable acknowledging
they support him.
‘‘We want to empower wom-
en with other women to be able
to share the message of success
of this president, to share their
success under this president,’’
said campaign spokeswoman
Erin Perrine.
During his presidency and
in public opinion polls, women
have been consistently less sup-
portive of Trump than men.
Suburban women, in particu-
lar, rejected Republicans in the
2018 midterm elections by
margins that set off alarms for
the party and the president.
The most recent Associated
Press-NORC Center for Public
Affairs Research poll found 30
percent of women approveof
the way Trump is doing his job,
versus 42 percent of men. Nota-
bly, there was no gap between
Republican men and women —
80 percent of both groups said
they approved of his job perfor-
mance in the August poll.
ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Hickenlooperconfirmshe’s
now seekinga Senate seat
DENVER — Former Colora-
do governor John Hickenlooper
said he will run for the Senate,
becoming the immediate front-
runner in a crowded Democrat-
ic field vying to challenge GOP
incumbent Cory Gardner.
In a video, Hickenlooper
blasted lawmakers over drug
prices, a failure to act on cli-
mate change, and use of public
lands by developers. ‘‘I know
changing Washington is hard,
but I want to give it a shot,’’ he
says. Last year, he brushed off
entreaties from Democrats to
challenge Gardner, widely seen
as the most vulnerable Republi-

can senator in the country. In-

stead, he mounted a longshot

presidential campaign that

ended in mid-August.

Hickenlooper, 67, an oil ge-

ologist turned brewpub owner,

has loomed over Colorado poli-

tics for two decades. But his

moderate approach may be

tested in a state shifting to the

left. Numerous younger Demo-

crats challenged Gardner as

Hickenlooper sought the White

House, and none has indicated

he or she would step aside now.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Tribeexpectslongcampaign

to puta delegate in House

OKLAHOMA CITY — The

Cherokee Nation’s plan to send

a delegate to the US House, the

first such attempt by a tribal

nation, will take time and Con-

gress’s help, the tribe’s newly

elected chief said Thursday.

Principal Chief Chuck Hosk-

in Jr. called on Congress to rec-

ognize the right of the largest

US tribe to have a delegate to

the House, as outlined in two

treaties.

‘‘This is an historic first

step,’’ Hoskin said. ‘‘We know

thereis muchwork to be done

to fully effectuate our right to a

delegate, but the Cherokee Na-

tion is a strong nation... and

we’re prepared to defend and

assert our rights.’’

Hoskin wrote last week to

the tribe’s governing council

announcing his plan to nomi-

nate Kimberly Teehee, a former

adviser to President Obama.

The 17-member council is ex-

pected to meet this month.

Hoskin said he expects the

path to secure a tribal delegate

will be similar to those taken by

American Samoa, Guam, the

Northern Mariana Islands,

Puerto Rico, the US VirginIs-

lands, and Washington D.C. —

all of which have nonvoting

members in the House.

Those delegates get offices

and a budget, serve on and vote

in committees, and help draft

legislation, but they cannot

vote on the floor of the House.

It’s not clear what kind of re-

ception the Cherokee Nation’s

plan will receive in Congress.

Most of Oklahoma’s congressio-

nal delegation said they looked

forward to learning more about

the tribe’s plan.

Republican US Representa-

tive Markwayne Mullin, him-

self a citizen of the Cherokee

Nation, said that although the

path to seating a delegate re-

mains murky, he is a strong

supporter of tribal sovereignty.

‘‘Appointing a tribal mem-

ber as a delegate to the US

House of Representatives is un-

precedented, and there are

many unknowns ahead,’’ said

Mullin. ‘‘As a member of the

Cherokee Nation, I firmly be-

lieve tribal sovereignty and

treaties must be honored by the

federal government.’’

ASSOCIATEDPRESS

LincolnChafee may seek

presidency, asa Libertarian

PROVIDENCE— Former

Democratic presidential candi-

date Lincoln Chafee is consid-

ering another run for presi-

dent, as a Libertarian.

The onetime governor of

Rhode Island confirmed in a

text message that he is open to

another run, this time with the

Libertarians. Chafee moved to

Wyoming this year and joined

the Libertarian Party. He told

The DailyBeast he’s motivated

by the federal deficit and his

antiwar views.

Chafee was a Republican in

the US Senate and became an

independent after losing his

seat in 2006.

He was elected governor of

Rhode Island in 2010as an in-

dependent but became a Dem-

ocrat while in office.

He did not run for reelection

but mounted a short-lived run

for the Democratic presidential

nomination in 2015.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Trump team rallies women voters

PATRICK SEMANSKY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

PresidentialcounselorKellyanneConway. The presidentaimsto winmorewomenvoters.

ByLaura Dimon
NEWYORK TIMES
NEWYORK — Lipstick in
hand,women stand propped
beside the counter. Every mir-
ror is taken as mascara, eyelin-
er, and the occasional curling
ironare pulled from bags.
“How you doing, my ladies?”a
singsong voice asks.
Sephora? A makeup counter
at Macy’s or Bergdorf Good-
man?
It’s the second-floorwom-
en’s bathroom at the Port Au-
thority Bus Terminal, and it is
one of New York’s favorite plac-
es to primp.
The salonlike atmosphere
standsin stark contrast to Port
Authority’s well-earned reputa-
tionas a hulking symbolof
some of New York’s most intrac-
tableproblems:homelessness,

opioid addiction, and chronic

transit delays.

But, as in life, beauty is often

only skin-deep.

Every day, scores of women

on the run stop by to groom,

gloss, powder, and polishamid

the cheerful humof attendants

responsible for keeping the hid-

den gem spick-and-span.

“I call it the beauty bar,” said

Peninisular Rice, 53, who has

been cleaning this Port Authori-

ty restroom for four years. Rice,

whois better knownas Miss

Penny, acts as a cruise director,

usheringthe frequentlylong

line of commuters and tourists

into open toilet stalls. “Come on

sugar,” she motioned to a wom-

an on a recent morning. “Come

on in, honey.”

Duringthe busymorning

commute, nearly every mirror

is occupied.Residueof face

powdercoats the blackgranite

countertopsbefore an atten-

dant swoops in with a cleaning

rag. Womenof all ethnicities,

ages, and styles stand heel to

toe, snaking alongwhat may be

the ultimate democratic experi-

ence: the bathroom line.

Many are regulars.

Zainab Khan, 27, who treks

in fromCarteret, N.J., said the

bathroom had become a key

component of her morning rou-

tine.

“I get coffee. I come here. I

sip on it while I do my makeup.

Then I’m ready for work,” said

Khan, a product manager at

Stash, a mobile investment app.

“Every now and again, someone

will comeover and ask me how

I did my eyeliner, so we’ll share

beauty tips and techniques and

commiserate overNew Jersey

Transit — that’s always fun.”

The bathrooms had a make-

over of their own in the last five

years as part of a larger effort

acrossall Port Authority facili-

ties to improve customerexpe-

rience.

The agency added lighting

and mirrors and assigned atten-

dants to eachof the terminals’

14 bathrooms as part of a $

million quality-of-commute

program.

Cindy Young, a defense law-

yer who specializes in medical

malpractice cases and com-

mutes fromParsippany, New

Jersey, called the bathroom “a

very equalizing place.”

“It’s like a snapshotin time,”

she added.“It happensin the

blinkof an eye. And it’s just an-

otherday.”

In New York, an unlikely beauty hot spot

ByLindsay Whitehurst
andDavidCrary
ASSOCIATEDPRESS
SALT LAKE CITY —
Planned Parenthood clinicsin
several states are charging new
fees, tapping financial reserves,
intensifying fund-raising, and
warning of moreunintended
pregnanciesand sexually trans-
mitted diseases after its deci-
sion to quit a $260 millionfed-
eral family planning program
in an abortion dispute with the
Trump administration.
The fallout is especially in-
tense in Utah, where Planned
Parenthood has beenthe only
provider participating in the
nearly50-year-oldTitle X fami-
ly planning program and will
now lose about $2 million year-
ly in federal fundsthat helped
low-income, uninsured people.
It plans to maintainits services
— which include contraception,
STD testing, and cancer screen-
ing — but is considering charg-
ing a smallcopay for patients
who used to get care for free.
Planned Parenthood in Min-

nesotais in a similar situation,

serving about 90 percent of the

state’s TitleX patients, and

plans to start charging fees due

to the loss in annual funding.

Elsewhere, the impact of

Planned Parenthood’s with-

drawal will vary fromstate to

state.

The organizationis con-

cerned about the spread of un-

intendedpregnanciesand

STDs.

‘‘We believe therewill be a

public healthcrisis created by

this denial of care,’’ said Sarah

Stoesz, the Minnesota-based

president of Planned Parent-

hood North Central States. ‘‘It’s

a very sad day for the country.’’

Planned Parenthood with-

drew fromthe program earlier

this weekrather than comply

witha new ruleprohibiting

participating clinics from refer-

ring women for abortions.

About4 millionwomenare

served nationwideby the Title

X program, whichmakes up a

muchbigger portionof

PlannedParenthood’s patients

thanabortion. But the organi-

zation said it couldnot abide by

the abortion-referral rulesbe-

cause it says they wouldmake it

impossiblefor doctors to do

theirjobs.

Misty Dotson, a single moth-

er in Utah, started going to

Planned Parenthoodas doctors’

bills for treating recurring yeast

infectionsmounted. The servic-

es becameeven moreimpor-

tant when she gave up her em-

ployer-sponsoredhealthinsur-

ance because she couldn’t

afford the $500monthly bill.

She is unsure what she’d do

if the family planning services

she gets stop.

‘‘It would put me in a very

dangerousposition,’’ said Dot-

son.

PlannedParenthood will

continue to participate in Med-

icaid, the federal health-cover-

age program for low-income

Americans.That’s Planned Par-

enthood’s biggest sourceof gov-

ernment funding — about$

millionor moreannually in re-

cent years.

Planned Parenthood braces for change

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SenatorBernieSanders

visiteda Californiamobile

homeparkdestroyedin last

year’s CampFire.

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