If elected, she will work with the recommendations of the House Select Committee on Climate to introduce and pass legislation that transforms the country into a climate-forward and clean energy powerhouse while supporting workers, families, and communities.

Madeleine Dean · Pennsylvania · Democratic

policy impact 0.84 specificity 0.91 extraction confidence 97%

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If elected, in her next term, she looks forward to working with the recommendations of the House Select Committee on Climate to introduce and pass legislation that transforms our country into a climate-forward and clean energy powerhouse, while continuing to support and protect workers, families, and communities.

Promises to pursue climate legislation in the next term, using House Select Committee on Climate recommendations, and to support clean energy while protecting workers and families.

PROTECTING OUR PLANET - Madeleine Dean for Congress
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Evidence

The campaign issue page says Dean would work with the House Select Committee on Climate recommendations to introduce and pass legislation that transforms the country into a climate-forward and clean energy powerhouse, while supporting workers, families, and communities.

This is the campaign promise itself, framed as a pledge to use Select Committee on Climate recommendations for legislation in the next term.

unresolved same_term

PROTECTING OUR PLANET - Madeleine Dean for Congress
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The committee report says the 2020 Climate Crisis Action Plan served as a framework for congressional action and that the 117th Congress's Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and CHIPS and Science Act contained hundreds of its recommendations.

Official congressional reporting confirms the committee recommendations were used as a roadmap for major enacted legislation during Dean's next term.

partial same_term

H. Rept. 117-662 - Report on the Activities of the Select Committee on Climate Crisis
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Dean's official House page says she supported renewable-energy and green-infrastructure legislation, cosponsored the THRIVE Act in the 117th Congress, and introduced the Toxic PFAS Control Act.

This shows Dean did introduce and back environmental legislation, but the page does not show passage of her own climate bills.

partial same_term A for effort

Environment | Congresswoman Madeleine Dean
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Dean's office states that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is the most ambitious climate legislation in U.S. history and says Congress passed it and President Biden signed it into law on August 16, 2022.

This confirms that major climate legislation became law during Dean's next term, though it was not shown here to be legislation she introduced herself.

partial same_term

IRA Energy Tax Benefits | Congresswoman Madeleine Dean
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Dean's office said the House passed the Build Back Better Act and described it as including $555 billion over 10 years in clean energy and climate investments.

This is direct evidence that Dean supported passage of a major bill with substantial climate and clean-energy spending in the promised term.

partial same_term

Congresswoman Dean Proudly Helps Pass the Paid-for, Deficit Reducing, Inflation Easing Build Back Better Act Which Will Transform Our Nation
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Her office stated Dean voted to pass H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which passed the House and required a plan to meet emissions targets and remain in the Paris Climate Accord.

This shows Dean had earlier supported climate legislation that passed the House, but it predates the campaign promise and does not by itself fulfill it.

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Rep. Madeleine Dean Votes to Pass the Climate Action Now Act
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Dean materially worked toward the promised climate agenda in the relevant federal term by supporting House passage of major climate and clean-energy legislation, cosponsoring related proposals such as the THRIVE Act, and backing enacted laws whose climate provisions reflected many House Select Committee on Climate recommendations. However, the evidence does not show that she personally introduced and passed the transforming legislation promised, and the central enacted outcome, especially the Inflation Reduction Act, was a broader congressional and Biden administration achievement rather than legislation chiefly authored or driven by Dean. This supports partial credit with same-term timing and an effort badge for serious legislative activity.

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partial same_term

Dean supported and voted for major climate and clean-energy legislation during the same term, including Build Back Better in the House and the enacted Inflation Reduction Act, and official committee reporting indicates major laws incorporated many Select Committee on Climate Crisis recommendations. However, the evidence does not show that Dean herself introduced and passed the promised comprehensive legislation, and the broader promise to transform the country into a climate-forward clean-energy powerhouse is only partly demonstrated by the cited enacted measures. The best rating is partial delivery in the same term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%