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Fully KeptEnergy / Climate

Cramer committed to legislation (the Real Emergencies Act) to prevent a president from declaring climate change a national emergency.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

Both cited sources were fetched and verified. The primary source (cramer.senate.gov press release, dated June 26, 2023 — the same day as the promise) contains the cited quote verbatim: "U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined his colleagues in reintroducing the Real Emergencies Act." The secondary source (BillTrack50 tracking S.2118) contains the cited quote verbatim: "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works," lists Shelley Moore Capito as primary sponsor with 9 cosponsors including Kevin Cramer, and shows the bill dead as of 01/03/2025 with no further movement. The promise, as worded, was a commitment to support/reintroduce the legislation — an action Cramer completed by cosponsoring the bill. FULL (not CHAMPIONED) is the correct outcome because the sources show a cosponsor/backing role, not authorship or leadership (Capito is the lead sponsor). The outcome does not overstate the evidence: he took precisely the pledged action. No quote is fabricated; no source is unreachable.

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