jody hice pushes house vote on alexandria ocasio-cortez's green new deal the washington times- 4/9 rep. jody hice, georgia republican, said tuesday he plans to introduce a discharge petition to force a house vote on rep. alexandria ocasio-cortez's green new deal, saying that voters "need to know where their representatives stand." kerry goes after trump over climate on capitol hill the hill- 4/9 rep. jody hice (r-ga.) told the committee he plans to try and force a house vote on the green new deal once congress returns from its easter recess. 