Senate Democratic leaders are grappling over how to vote on a controversial climate change proposal that is being championed by progressives and mocked by conservatives.
Senate Majority Leader on Wednesday panned the Green New Deal as "The far-left's Santa Claus wish list dressed up to look like serious policy."
McConnell says the Senate will vote on the Green New Deal before the August congressional recess.
Sen., the Senate co-sponsor of Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal resolution, said he's working with Schumer and declined to say whether he would vote present instead of "Yes" on his own proposal.
"There's some difference of opinion about whether it goes far enough or too far, whether it was rolled out in the best way," Senate Minority Whip said of the Green New Deal.
Beyond the Green New Deal, Democrats are undecided about whether they should put together a package of proposals to address climate change - as they did for infrastructure issues in the 115th Congress with their "Blueprint to Rebuild America's Infrastructure."
He called McConnell's plan to force a vote on the Green New Deal "a diversion" and "a sham."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/431938-dems-wrestle-over-how-to-vote-on-green-new-deal
Senate Majority Leader on Wednesday panned the Green New Deal as "The far-left's Santa Claus wish list dressed up to look like serious policy."
McConnell says the Senate will vote on the Green New Deal before the August congressional recess.
Sen., the Senate co-sponsor of Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal resolution, said he's working with Schumer and declined to say whether he would vote present instead of "Yes" on his own proposal.
"There's some difference of opinion about whether it goes far enough or too far, whether it was rolled out in the best way," Senate Minority Whip said of the Green New Deal.
Beyond the Green New Deal, Democrats are undecided about whether they should put together a package of proposals to address climate change - as they did for infrastructure issues in the 115th Congress with their "Blueprint to Rebuild America's Infrastructure."
He called McConnell's plan to force a vote on the Green New Deal "a diversion" and "a sham."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/431938-dems-wrestle-over-how-to-vote-on-green-new-deal
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