Senate Blocks Green New Deal, Spends Plenty of Carbon Talking About It [1]
"WASHINGTON — The Senate blocked consideration of the Green New Deal on Tuesday, ending a Republican effort to hitch Democratic presidential candidates to the climate plan and paint Democrats as out-of-touch socialists and fantasists.
The resolution that Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, put to a test vote called on the federal government to rapidly eliminate planet-warming fossil fuel emissions; accelerate the deployment of wind, solar and other zero-carbon energy sources; and create a national jobs program.
But the procedural motion simply to take up the Green New Deal failed to get a single vote. Democrats, including those who were sponsors of the resolution, denounced the move as a sham intended to divide their party and provide Republicans with election-season talking points. They overwhelmingly voted “present” on the motion, and it failed, 0 to 57."
Lisa Friedman reports for the New York Times March 26, 2019, with Emily Cochrane. [2]
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"What K Street's Saying About the Green New Deal" (E&E Daily) [3]
"Republicans Bash The Green New Deal, But They’re Struggling For An Alternative" (McClatchy) [4]
"The 3 Democrats Who Voted Against the Green New Deal" (Atlantic) [6]
"Republicans Defeat Green New Deal In U.S. Senate Vote Democrats Call A Stunt" (Reuters) [7]
"Senate GOP Blocks Formation Of Climate Change Committee" (The Hill) [8]
"GOP’s Green New Deal Vote Fails to Divide Senate Democrats" (U.S. News) [9]
"Democrats Point To Midwest Flood Victims To Counter GOP’s Green New Deal Attacks" (HuffPost) [10]
"Lawmakers See Legislative Opening After Green New Deal Vote" (E&E Daily) [11]
"Campaign 2020: White House Contenders Toe Party Line On Green New Deal" (ClimateWire) [12]
"Senate Blocks Green New Deal, But Climate Change Emerges As Key 2020 Issue" (NPR) [13]
"GOP Counteroffer To Green New Deal Hinges On Research" (ClimateWire) [14]